Saga - Paperback

by Alan Kingsley Thomas (Translator), Laure Malaprade (Author)

Saga means "story" or "history" in Swedish. Not the history we learn in school. Saga is a bedtime story. A Saga always starts with "once upon a time, in a faraway land, there was a beautiful young girl who...".A deep family secret, a blizzard, three generations of women, a change of scenery, love, madness, and revelations... Who was Emma's grandfather, really? What family drama upset him to the point where he chose to cut off almost all contact with his fellow human beings? What happened to his wife, who disappeared long before Emma was born? As he lies dying in the hospital, Emma joins her mother at his bedside in Sweden. In search of her history and origins, she will discover an unexpected family secret, the revelation of which will have repercussions that reverberate right up to the present day, and beyond.