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The Forgiveness of SinsDorthe Lynge LarsenISBN: 978-87-92622-00-6430 pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

The Yoke of Childhood – Légion ÉtrangèreAnne LützhöftISBN: 978-87-92622-21-1219 pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

The Town of SecretsBirgitte Agerskov BuurISBN: 978-87-92622-57-0188 pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

A Journey Through the UnknownVeronica Isabella Jakubczyk NielsenISBN: 978-87-92622-43-3102 pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Mrs Terkelsen’s WillHanne BistrupISBN: 978-87-92622-20-4267 pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Silent ScreamsGrete Gylling MøllebækISBN: 978-87-92622-51-8167 pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

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430 pages.

ISBN: 978-87-92622-00-6

Dimensions: 152 x 230 mm

The young girl Gwyneth and her family are fighting to keep starvation and death from the door . Things go from bad to worse when they are forced to move to the coast where the soil is bad and the life as fishermen is hard . In the end, Gwyneth’s parents have no other choice but to give her away to a Catholic abbey in the rugged Northwest Highlands of Scotland . Here, Gwyneth encounters a world full of corruption and duplicity and makes a dangerous enemy in the powerful Abbess . But an old icon and a mysterious, cloaked man appear in her life and give her a task which far exceeds her abilities, but lives are at stake if she does not complete it .

The Forgiveness of Sins is a historical drama which takes place in the beginning of the nineteenth century in the Scottish Highlands, during the aftermath of the unsuccessful fight for Scottish independence and emancipation from England . The old clan system has dissolved and the Scottish clan leaders have been replaced by English noblemen who care nothing for the general population and only want to use the land for sheep farming . This causes great waves of poverty and emigration .

Dorthe Lynge Larsen was born in 1968 in the village of Nakke, near Nykøbing Sjælland, and today lives i Hvalsø, Midtsjælland. She debuted in 1997, with the historical novel Ikke for konge og fædreland (Not for King and Country) which was followed in 2001 by the novel Djævleurt (Leadwort?). Dorthe Lynge Larsen runs a small IT/accounting business. She is very interested in history, particularly Scottish history. On countless journeys to the Scottish Highlands, she has gathered inspiration and knowledge for her novels.

Excerpt:

She sat in the corner, clutching the sack. The more she thought

about it, the less she believed that her escape would be a

success. It was one thing for someone to get a hold of the key

and let her out, but how was she going to get through the

abbey without causing a stir and getting apprehended? And

cheat both the monks and the Ferryman and cross the river on

the ferry? And even if all those things happened, where would

she go? They would easily be able to catch up with her. It

wouldn’t be long, before someone noticed that she was gone.

She folded her hands around the icon and fervently prayed to

God. That was her only weapon.

The Forgiveness oF sins


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219 pages.

ISBN: 978-87-92622-21-1


Søren is born in 1932. He has a traumatic childhood which leads to his being put in one of the toughest correctional facilities of the time. Later, he does a stint in prison and then he becomes a sailor.

He regularly falls in love with women who are much older than himself, and after a failed love affair, he joins the Foreign Legion and is stationed in North Africa .

After his time in the Foreign Legion, he feels ready to face life and love once more – but yet another disappointment awaits him .

Anne Lützhöft was born i 1951. In her thirties, she was struck by an aneurism and the subsequent operation left her aphasic. She slowly learned to speak, read and write again and after years of rehabilitation, she wrote the book ”På skyggesiden”. Since then, many more books have followed.

By same author:

Noget af noget - 1999 (Something of something)77 pages.ISBN: 87-987275-0-8

Sjov for alvor - 2000 (Severe Fun)80 pages.ISBN: 87-987275-9-1

På skyggesiden - Pigen på gyngen - 2001 (On the shady Side - The Girl on the Swing)193 pages.ISBN: 87-90958-15-2

Tænk en tanke - 2001 (Think a Thought)105 pages.ISBN: 87-90958-24-1

Alt til trods - 2000 (All in Spite)90 pages.ISBN: 87-90958-06-3

Lad håbet komme indenfor - 2003 (Let the Hope come inside)181 pages.ISBN: 87-90958-45-4

Mælkebøttebørn - 2006 (Dandelion Children)220 pages.ISBN 87-91933-04-8 04-8

The Yoke of Childhood – légion éTrangère


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188 pages.

ISBN: 978-87-92622-57-0


The Town of Secres is a portrait of life in a small town in Western Jutland, the hometown of Trine . After a serious accident leaves her with permanent injuries, she becomes known as Simple Trine . Simple Trine lives in a world of her own; but one day, a strange woman arrives in town and everything changes . . .

Birgitte Agerskov Buur Born 1962. Grew up in Western Jutland. Trained as an organist and cantor at VMK - Academy of Music and Music Communication. Written music for musicals and theatre productions. Composed the melody for Lisbeth Smedegaard Andersen’s ”Morgenens grålys” which is in the 2006 edition of Højskolesangbogen. Co-editor of ”Salmer og sange 2” in which she wrote ten of the melodies. Fortielsernes by (The Town of Secrets) is Birgitte’s first novel.

Excerpt:

The phone rang.

- I’m bringing her over now!

Hans nodded, as though the lady at the other end of the line

could see him.

Juliane looked at him. So this was the day when the girl would

arrive. Her mother was going abroad and Hans and Juliane

had agreed to take care of the little one. No one had interfered

in any way. The council had left it completely to them to take

responsibility for her. At least, that was the information the

town’s inhabitants were given.

- Her name is Trine. Then she hung up. Juliane and Hans looked

at each other. Juliane gave a slightly uncertain smile and Hans

lowered his eyes.

The Town of SecreTS


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102 pages.

ISBN: 978-87-92622-43-3


Shirian and her family have fled to another country, but she finds it difficult to adapt to her new surroundings and longs for her own country . Time after time, she relives the memories of the terrible war and their difficult life . Suddenly, she finds out that the family she has always lived with is not her biological family .

When Shirian and her mother visit relatives in their old country, Shirian sets off on a journey to find her original family and to find out more about herself . However, her inner turmoil and her painful experiences stop her from reaching her goal .

Veronica Isabella Jakubczyk Nielsen (born in 1994) goes to high school. She formerly attended the Mentiqua School and is still a member of Gifted Children. In her spare time, she plays the piano her interests are ethnography, psychology, philosophy and sociology.

Excerpt:

”Her hands carefully moved across the floor until they found

the letter pages. Then they crumpled them up with a decisive

motion, as if what had been written on them had never

taken place. A bitter hatred filled her usually generous heart.

The people she had loved all her life had let her down, had

committed such an unforgivable mistake that they had started

a new war. A war which consisted only of dead memories,

of memories which nothing could replace. The result was an

unbearable emptiness.”

”Startled, she sat up in bed, letting her anxious gaze glide up

and down the wall. Her mind went back to the war when the

soldiers used to come into her family’s home, screaming and

striking at them. Those strikes were not just ordinary strikes,

those strikes were filled with an atrocious anger which doubled

the pain. The shouts form the warriors were not ordinary

shouts, either, they were filled with a tremendous hatred which

made them sound far louder.”

A Journey Through The unknown


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267 pages.

ISBN: 978-87-92622-20-4


Mrs Terkelsen’s Will is a novel about people.

You might meet them in the street without wondering who they were. But like anyone else, when you get to know them, they have a surprising story to tell.

There is Nina, the social worker, and her husband the solicitor, who are fighting to hang on to their family life with their two children . There is Ester Terkelsen, who has blue blood running through her veins, and there is her Jewish friend, Rachel, who has a grim past . There is Nelly and her husband, who have a very definite opinion about how life should be lived, sitting in their flat on the third floor on Enghavevej .

As the story progresses, you get a glimpse into their lives and the very different ways in which they handle them . They cross each other’s paths like marionnettes, led around by fate .

You will probably wish you could get directly involved, but you cannot, you must remain a spectator .

Once the story is over, you will feel that you know these people and want to meet them again to see what happens to them . And so you might, who knows! The novel is a present-day story about people who live their lives in a number of different environments . Even though it is a work of fiction, the characters and the social relations will resonate with many people . The characters and their movements in and out of each other’s lives hook the reader from start to finish, creating a desire to see how the story develops . It is a book that stays in your thoughts for a long while after it is over .

Hanne Bistrup is a trained psychologist and author. As the seventh child in a large family, she grew up with lots of

people around her. All her life, she has been an avid observer of other people’s behaviour. Both personally and professionally, she has moved in many different environments and been inspired by the people and events she has met along the way. Music has been a faithful companion in her life; she was a singer in a jazz band, has played folk music, has written songs and has helped arrange music festivals. After a long working life, her creative interests are now focused solely on writing.

Excerpt:

When Nelly enters the hallway, she senses that something is different from usual. She looks into

the living room. Mrs Terkelsen is not in her chair by the window, waiting for her breakfast. Nelly

hangs up her coat , takes off her shoes and puts on her slippers as usual. Then she tiptoes up to

the bedroom door and gently knocks. No

one answers. Is she lying in there dead?

Nelly eases the door open - and then opens

it wide. Her heart is in her throat.

Mrs Terkelsen is asleep in the large double

bed! Her ash grey hair flows out over her

pillow, a few stray locks spilling on to one

cheek. There is an impression in the pillow

next to her and the duvet has been pushed

aside – someone was lying there, someone

who has left by now! On Mrs Terkelsen’s

night stand lies a small note. Nelly is

speechless.

Mrs Terkelsen’s Will


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167 pages.

ISBN: 978-87-92622-51-8


Silent Screams is the story of a seemingly completely ordinary family. But below the surface, a very different picture emerges. The story takes place in a provincial Danish town . We follow Mette, who is a nursery head . She is married to Peter, who is a middle manager in an IT firm . They have two children, Anna and Tine, who six and nine years old respectively . The girls go to the local school . The family is a typical Danish nuclear family where the parents’ careers and the ideal of a healthy lifestyle takes up a lot of space in their hectic lives . Their family life is particularly influenced by Peter’s high level of ambition . Mette tries to keep up, but that comes at a price .

Grete Gylling Møllebæk Born 1964. Has a BA in education from Copenhagen University, 1992. Trained as a teacher of Danish as a foreign language in 1994. Since 1998, she has worked with economy at a managerial level.

Silent Screams is Grete Gyling Møllebæks first novel.

Excerpt:

Once inside the room, she pushes the rose petals aside and sits

on the bed. She opens the warm bathrobe, takes a deep breath

and looks down her body, trying to suck in her stomach a bit

in the orange bathing suit. Last year’s model. If only she had

bought a new one for the trip! She rises heavily and goes into

the bathroom where she stands with her back turned to the

full-size mirror so she can see herself from behind in the clear

surface when she turns her head. Her thighs look like a lunar

landscape, and when she twists her back, her waist folds into

unattractive rolls. In the lunar landscape, a few unwanted dark

hairs grow and she gets out her shaver and removes them while

she tries to smile at herself in the mirror, as though to get her

muscles used to the exercise.

Silent ScreamS


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