A journey through loss, love, and the enigmatic embrace of fate.

A hauntingly beautiful and tragicomic tale set against the backdrop of a small Icelandic town. The story starts with Salome’s quest to reunite with her lost cat, but instead she soon finds herself searching her memory for the truth about the past. Within the confines of a hidden bar, she pours her heart into into love letters to the mysterious Helga, a woman Salome has not spoken to for a decade. With vivid narrative joy, she seeks to understand her family history in a desperate attempt to finally identify the man behind the ghost who has been haunting her for years, and reveal what actually happened in her grandmother’s garden, the night that changed everything.

We meet an unhinged fortune teller, a drunk organist, a drowned fisherman and the mysterious Helga, who Salome has loved from a distance for all these years. Against the tapestry of three generations’ joys and conflicts, a nightmarish coming-of-age love story unfolds, deeply rooted in Icelandic reality.

“The writing style is decisive and coherent, seamlessly portraying the anxious woman who gazes at others with admiration, their qualities leaving her awe-struck.”
TMM

“The text is charming and brimming with life … the reader’s interest is kindled from the very first pages, a feat executed with remarkable finesse.”
LESTRARKLEFINN