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"No one knew I was going anywhere. Disappearing is nothing. I learned that from my mother." p. 20
"I didn't know that I would be so successful at becoming someone new." p. 225
Well that kind of sums up this bittersweet story of a young woman searching for her parents. Disappearing, erasing, avoiding, claiming, losing, leaving behind, going towards...
A quiet, cold climate: Finnmark, where Norway and Finland meet in Lapland.
A very quick read. I think it took about three hours. Not at all unpleasa ...more
"I didn't know that I would be so successful at becoming someone new." p. 225
Well that kind of sums up this bittersweet story of a young woman searching for her parents. Disappearing, erasing, avoiding, claiming, losing, leaving behind, going towards...
A quiet, cold climate: Finnmark, where Norway and Finland meet in Lapland.
A very quick read. I think it took about three hours. Not at all unpleasa ...more
Facile à lire et intéressant pour les infos sur le Finnmark mais pas plus
Clarissa is shocked to learn her father is not her biological father. She travels north of the Arctic Circle to try to find her father, believed to be a Sami, a member of the indigenous population. She is successful in finding the man who was her mother’s first husband, but this man only offers more revelations.
The book has a dreamlike quality that I liked. The end was very satisfying.
The book has a dreamlike quality that I liked. The end was very satisfying.
03/18/08 rec via bookmooch
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