Bodil Bredsdorff

A timeless novel about the kindness of strangers Near a little cove where a brook runs out to the sea live a girl and her grandmother. All alone with no neighbors at all, the two lead a peaceful existence. They have a house, dine on sea kale and mussels and sand snails, and build fires from driftwood. But the grandmother is very old. When the time comes that the girl must bury the woman, she makes up a funeral song about the birds she is watching: Two crows never fly alone, and death is never, ever past. The next day the same crows seem to beckon her, and so the Crow-Girl begins her journey, one in which she will meet people both warm and cold, hurt and hurtful. And the Crow-Girl, before she knows it, has the makings before her of a new family . . . This lyrical story, with its characters' moments of darkness always overcome through incredible humanity, introduces a strong new voice for American readers.

The Children of Crow Cove

The Crow-Girl

Krageungen

Some years have passed since the Crow-Girl set off on a journey, met Eidi and her mother, Foula, along with a few others, and persuaded them to come live near the little cove where a brook runs out to the sea. But when Foula has another baby, Eidi feels there's no longer room for her in the settlement. So she leaves Crow Cove to make her own way in the world, hoping to help her old friend Rossan with his wool out on the heath. Fate, however, brings her to a harbor town where she must find work, and she takes a position as a weaver in the household of a wealthy merchant. In town, Eidi faces disturbing reminders of her past. She also meets a neglected boy named Tink and soon makes a decision that changes the course of both of their futures. The second book in the Children of Crow Cove series is beautifully written in Bodil Bredsdorff's spare style and will deeply satisfy fans of The Crow-Girl and new readers alike.

Eidi

Da pigen ́Krageungen ́ bliver alene i verden, drager hun hjemmefra. Hun møder ondskab og hykleri, men får også venner, sammen med dem skaber hun et lille samfund, Kragevig.

Børnene i Kragevig 3

Tink

Børnene i Kragevig er en samlet udgave af bøgerne Krageungen, Eidi, Tink og Alek. Hver bog fortæller om et af de fire børn og om, hvordan de klarer det barske liv i og omkring Kragevig. Serien blev i 1995 belønnet med Kulturministeriets børnebogspris. Læs mere om forfatteren og hendes bøger på www.bodilbredsdorff.dk. Pressen skriver: »En ren, klart lysende perle i danske børnelitteratur« – Søren Vinterberg, Politiken

Børnene i Kragevig

We first met Tink when he came to live in Crow Cove as a young boy in Eidi. Now hard times have come to the little settlement, and their food supply is dwindling. Tink, with the help of a newcomer to Crow Cove, saves his friends from starvation by learning how to fish-and also learns important lessons about the complexities of human nature, the importance of compassion, and his own valued place in his community. Tink is a strong new addition to the much-acclaimed Children of Crow series.

Bodil Bredsdorff

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