A northern light in Provence a novel

"Ilse Lund is a French translator who lives in a beach house on stilts set on a remote spit of land off the west coast of Greenland. Restless from from the predictability of life in her quaint cottage and her isolated world circumscribed by the sea, Ilse convinces her French publisher to pay for a t...

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Main Author: Oberbeck, Elizabeth Birkelund (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Ballantine Book, [2024].
Edition:First edition.
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