Very different from Dina...this book, in my opinion, was mostly about a daughter's unwavering love for her mother, in spite of her mother's terrible choices in men, and the daughter's interest in her late father...what it means growing up with a single parent who has to work all the time to make ends meet, very complex interesting story, sad in parts because it's realistic, but happy too, and a hopeful ending. Even when faced with the possibility of ending her torment at the hands of an abusive stepfather, the daughter still saves his life, and is rewarded by him finally being taken away where he can no longer harm her or her mother. ( )

Rystende... ( )

A girl in a fishing village in the northern part of Norway learns that her "real" father was a German soldier, part of the Nazi occupation of Norway. The man her mother married is abusive and barely employable. There was quite a lot else going on, much of which seemingly didn't have much to do with Tora. Gloomy but different. ( )