Three Islands
Three Islands - Father, Mother and Me is a gripping story of family, the price of silence and the liberating power of storytelling.
Sophia’s father, Lars and mother Nita’s relationship was not built on passionate love, but they shared the most important thing in life: a child. Sophia Jansson’s autobiography features three islands: Tonga, where the Jansson siblings wanted to move to in the 1940s, Ibiza, where Sophia lived in her early childhood, and the island in Pellinge, where the Janssons have spent time over generations.
Nita passed away early. Father and daughter had to cope without her. Lars stood for security and care, but also for an unwavering silence. What happened to Mum? And was her father, Lars, the saint Sophia always thought he was? She searches for the truth with the help of previously unknown letters. The Jansson family comes close to us: the grandfather suffers from depression and Germanism, his wife, Ham sketches and stands out, Tove and her brother Lasse move to become independent.
READING MATERIAL
Swedish edition & PDF
Sample translation 50 pp (tk)
Publishing information
Rights sold
- Estonian
- World English
Reviews
“It's tragic. It's pitch black. The reading is deeply moving.”
“Despite all its tragic twists and turns, 'Three Islands' is a hopeful book. Sophia Jansson proves that it is never too late to have a happy childhood.”
“An excellent memoir.”
“It is a beautiful and courageous book, filled with love and written with the insight that sometimes it is only when we are older that we truly understand our parents' life choices.”
“The idyll of Moominvalley is challenged in Sophia Jansson's touching memoir.”
