{"product_id":"brightly-shining-hardcover","title":"Brightly Shining - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIngvild Rish?i\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCaroline Waight\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeautifully told with humor and tenderness, a Norwegian Christmas tale of sisterhood, financial hardship, and far-off dreams, acclaimed by reviewers and beloved by readers across Europe, where it has been a major bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristmas is just around the corner, and Ronja and Melissa's dreamer of a father is out of work again. When ten-year-old Ronja hears about a job at a Christmas tree stand near where the family lives in central Oslo, she thinks it might be the stroke of luck they all need. Soon, the fridge fills with food, and their father returns home with money in his pocket and a smile on his face. But one evening he disappears into the night under the pretense of buying Christmas gifts--and the daughters know he has gone to his favorite local pub, Stargate, and they come to terms with the fact that he may lose his wonderful new job.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMelissa decides to take his place at the Christmas tree stand, working before and after school in the December afternoon dark, and brings along Ronja, who quickly charms all the middle-class customers. On rare breaks the sisters dream of a brighter place of kindness and plenty, and find help from some of those around them--but both understand that their family structure is a precarious one, and that they are going to need luck and strength to transcend their circumstances. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkillfully told, evoking the delight, misunderstandings, and innocence of a child's voice, \u003ci\u003eBrightly Shining\u003c\/i\u003e is small in stature but with an outsize impact on the reader, and has all the markings of a magical modern classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIngvild Rishøi \u003c\/b\u003ewas born and raised in Oslo. She has published several collections of stories in Norway, and her debut novel, originally titled \u003ci\u003eStargate\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in Norway in 2021. She is one of Norway's most revered literary voices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaroline Waight\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary translator working from Danish, German, and Norwegian. She has been a finalist for the PEN Translation Prize and the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. She lives near London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 7.32 x 5.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 19, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378671054950,"sku":"9780802163493","price":27.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/RS_bp-F3lr9780802163493.webp?v=1768907573","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/brightly-shining-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}