The Sea Cemetery

Autumn 1940. In the north of occupied Norway, near the town of Bodø, the passenger ship "Princess Ragnhild" sinks. Among the hundreds who drowned is shipowner Tur Falk. But his wife, Vera Linn, and newborn son Ulav survive. Seventy-five years later, Vera commits suicide, and this tragedy is clearly linked to that long-ago shipwreck. Half a century ago, Vera's brilliant writing career was cut short when she tried to tell the truth about that fateful day, and now Ulav's daughter, Sasha, begins to unravel her grandmother's story. "The Sea Cemetery" is a true Norwegian epic novel about a family dynasty, about the struggle for power and wealth, about loyalty to the state in light of morality, about love and betrayal. It is a romantic yet tragic journey along the Norwegian coast in the past and present, a story in which truth collides with loyalty to family and can even destroy a family empire. The novel has been translated into 17 languages and was nominated in France for the GRAND PRIX of ELLE magazine.