{"product_id":"brightly-shining-9780802163493","title":"Brightly Shining","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeautifully told with humor and tenderness, a Norwegian Christmas tale of sisterhood, financial hardship, and far-off dreams, acclaimed by reviewers and beloved by readers across Europe, where it has been a major bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristmas is just around the corner, and Ronja and Melissa's dreamer of a father is out of work again. When ten-year-old Ronja hears about a job at a Christmas tree stand near where the family lives in central Oslo, she thinks it might be the stroke of luck they all need. Soon, the fridge fills with food, and their father returns home with money in his pocket and a smile on his face. But one evening he disappears into the night under the pretense of buying Christmas gifts--and the daughters know he has gone to his favorite local pub, Stargate, and they come to terms with the fact that he may lose his wonderful new job.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMelissa decides to take his place at the Christmas tree stand, working before and after school in the December afternoon dark, and brings along Ronja, who quickly charms all the middle-class customers. On rare breaks the sisters dream of a brighter place of kindness and plenty, and find help from some of those around them--but both understand that their family structure is a precarious one, and that they are going to need luck and strength to transcend their circumstances. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkillfully told, evoking the delight, misunderstandings, and innocence of a child's voice, \u003ci\u003eBrightly Shining\u003c\/i\u003e is small in stature but with an outsize impact on the reader, and has all the markings of a magical modern classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ingvild Rish?i\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.32h x 5.04w x 0.87d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802163493\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2024 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIngvild Rishøi \u003c\/b\u003ewas born and raised in Oslo. She has published several collections of stories in Norway, and her debut novel, originally titled \u003ci\u003eStargate\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in Norway in 2021. She is one of Norway's most revered literary voices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaroline Waight\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary translator working from Danish, German, and Norwegian. She has been a finalist for the PEN Translation Prize and the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. She lives near London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46318651474134,"sku":"9780802163493","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/1660\/5398\/files\/img_2b1df3cc-f501-4032-baf8-a64c6c7c795e.jpg?v=1731670128","url":"https:\/\/bookclubonmain.com\/products\/brightly-shining-9780802163493","provider":"Book Club On Main","version":"1.0","type":"link"}