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Frances leaves her claustrophobic Manhattan home and a series of painful family announcements, seeking a fresh start as a painting apprentice in a Norwegian artist colony. There she meets Yasha, an eighteen‑year‑old Russian immigrant who grew up in a bakery in Brighton Beach and whose mother has been absent for a decade. Yasha grapples with the absence of a reliable parent, the death of his father, and the need to honor his father's last wish to be buried "at the top of the world." As Frances and Yasha navigate their personal traumas, their paths converge on the Lofoten Islands, a string of five islands ninety‑five miles above the Arctic Circle.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Rebecca Dinerstein
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