Cappelen Damm Agency 2011 catalogue

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Merete Lien

Descendants of the Storm Barn av stormen Agnete is the daughter of a harbor pilot and lives on an island with a fierce and beautiful nature. The story begins when she falls in love and faces a difficult choice between two men. Agnete and those close to her must fight against inner and outer enemies, as well as the ferocious forces of nature on the island that faces the wild ocean. This is a touching love story that also paints a picture of the daily lives near the end of the 1700s. 36 books. Rights sold to Poland.

Sigrid Lunde

The Midwife FIC TION

Jordmoren As a newly qualified midwife Astri moves to a small community in Western Norway in the 1920s. Work as a district midwife can be both lonely and dangerous, but Astri is pursuing a long time dream. Although the locals are welcoming and seem eager to meet her, she senses their apprehension. She settles in – and faces the challenges of a district midwife. Astri’s story is a momentous drama of love and betrayal, life and death. 46 books, 11 books will be published in 2011. Rights sold to Poland.

Hege Løvstad

Lillian’s Dance Liljas dans

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Beautiful and talented Lillian from Mosjøen dreams of becoming a ballet dancer, but her father won’t hear of it. She is a common girl from a humble family and should know her place, her father says. But Lillian defies her father and leaves for Oslo and ballet school. Before long, Lillian becomes a celebrated prima ballerina, and enjoys her life at the ballet theater and with her dancer friends. An exciting story of love and betrayal, dreams and fame, jealousy and revenge … 8 books.


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