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Mor and Me: Life, Language, and Love in Letters from Danmark
[E-book version] Sixty-one diaries and countless blue air letters tell the story of Ina’s life, beginning at age 15: the occupation of her country, Denmark, by the Nazis; her postwar work with the interrogation of prisoners in Copenhagen and at the International Military Tribunal for War Crimes in Germany; a whirlwind courtship with an American; and her new life in the United States. After Ina dies, her four adult children yearn to know more about their mother’s life pre-parenthood as well as their own childhoods. But the diaries and letters are all in Danish, and none of them can read or speak their mother’s tongue. This book is the true story of one daughter who decides to live in Denmark and learn the language. A diarist and letter-writer like Mor (her mother), Lise emails family and friends with vivid, poignant, honest, and humorous descriptions of her outward and inward journeys through an unforgettable year and a half.
168 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 31, 2020
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January 30, 2022
Many of us have a desire to travel, to see the world, or, at least, the country we live in. Unfortunately, no everyone who wants to travel has the chance to do so. That's when books dealing with travel are wonderful to get lost in.
Mor and Me: Life, Language, and Love in Letters from Danmark by Lise Margrete Greene is one of those books.
Before we go further, I have known the author for a number of years. When she mentioned having written More and Me, I had to read it. (Writers are a funny bunch; if we discover a friend also writes, we feel compelled to read said book/article/etc.)
Getting a copy on my ereader (the book also comes as a hardcopy), I was able to start reading almost immediately, and was pleasantly surprised.
Lise's mother (Mor) was from Danmark (the Danish spelling of Denmark). Having heard stories from her mother's youth, Lise felt compelled to travel there. While there, she would email family and friends about her time there. This book grew from those emails and other writings about the country.
Without adding more (I don't want to add any spoilers here), Mor and Me: Life, Language, and Love in Letters from Danmark is well worth reading, especially for those of us who can't travel.
Mor and Me: Life, Language, and Love in Letters from Danmark by Lise Margrete Greene is one of those books.
Before we go further, I have known the author for a number of years. When she mentioned having written More and Me, I had to read it. (Writers are a funny bunch; if we discover a friend also writes, we feel compelled to read said book/article/etc.)
Getting a copy on my ereader (the book also comes as a hardcopy), I was able to start reading almost immediately, and was pleasantly surprised.
Lise's mother (Mor) was from Danmark (the Danish spelling of Denmark). Having heard stories from her mother's youth, Lise felt compelled to travel there. While there, she would email family and friends about her time there. This book grew from those emails and other writings about the country.
Without adding more (I don't want to add any spoilers here), Mor and Me: Life, Language, and Love in Letters from Danmark is well worth reading, especially for those of us who can't travel.
Displaying 1 of 1 review