Let the Northern Lights Erase your Name

Author(s): Vendela Vida

Location(s): Lapland

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Modern

Location

Content

Buy Now

When Clarissa Iverton was fourteen years old, her mother disappeared leaving Clarissa to be raised by her father. Upon his death, Clarissa, now twenty-eight, discovers he wasn’t her father at all. Abandoning her fiance, Clarissa travels from New York to Helsinki, and then north of the Arctic Circle – to Lapland. There, under the northern lights, Clarissa not only unearths her family’s secrets, but also the truth about herself.

Review this Book

To review this book, please

Book Reviews

Lead Review

The author manages to share quite a lot of information about the Sami and their lives, without making it feel too weighty, with real colour (even this far North), and sensitivity and understanding. Mark...

Read review

An atmospheric tale of discovery

Firstly I love the cover of this book, the title and the author’s name. I found it hard to get into this book at first, but it’s worth sticking with and the pace picks up. It’s a good read....

Read review

Cool…

Author: simon

At first the Lapland setting of this family drama may seem irrelevant, included only for novelty value and exoticism, but the harshness, coolness and beauty are quite appropriate. It’s a moving tale of identity, family history and trying to...

Read review