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The Journey Home

by Olaf Olafsson · 1999

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For years, Disa has lived a quiet life, managing an English country-house hotel with her companion Anthony. However, upon learning that she is terminally ill, Disa decides it is time to travel back to the village in Iceland where she was born. Olaf Olafsson takes the reader with Disa on her quietly heroic journey as she heads north, seeking a resolution to painful matters she has spent most of her life trying to forget.

Genre
historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisWorld War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of this
Themes
relationshipsrelationshipsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
World War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of thisScandinaviaScandinaviaMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisIcelandIcelandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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