Luca longs to be a great storyteller, like her seafaring grandfather, who has sailed the Arctic seas and swears he once saw a real mermaid. One night a small bird taps on her window. Its name is Birdie, and it leads her through the dark to a strange house tucked into her own neighbourhood.

Inside lives an old woman who is three thousand years old and speaks the language of birds. She is Karen Blixen, Denmark’s most celebrated storyteller, and the house is her childhood home, now a museum built around her memory. As she guides Luca around the museum, she opens her heart about the art of telling stories, and about the magic that lives in the objects and secrets left behind.

Blending real Danish literary heritage with the hush and wonder of a house that still seems to hold its former owner, Luca and Karen Blixen is a gentle, atmospheric story about curiosity, courage, and the thrill of a story half told.