Faroese Nominée: Loftar tú mær?

A Big Happy Congratulation to author Rakel Helmsdal whose book “Loftar tú mær?” has been nominated for the 2020 Nordic Council Children & Young People Literature Prize. The winner will be announced at an award ceremony in Reykjavík later this year. Here is an extract about the book, from norden.org:

“In this heart-warming tale of grief and loss, we encounter three siblings who, each in their own way, experience and process the grief of losing their great-grandmother. In a brief period that is recounted three times, we first of all meet a little brother who is fully occupied with showing how big he is by climbing a tree. Then we meet his sister who, in order to distract herself from her thoughts, flies kites. Finally we meet the big brother who is nominally in charge of the other two, but who just sits by the old well and gives free rein to his grief. As we move from point of view to point of view, the grief becomes more apparent and culminates with the big brother’s memories of his beloved great-grandmother. At the same time, the story’s loose ends from the first two sections are gathered together and culminate in a final section in which the three siblings talk together while united in their grief.”