Laestadius:Die Zeit im Sommerlicht

A unique novel - scents, flavors, and thoughts gallop across the pages like a massive herd of reindeer. In the land of reindeer, a group of children is torn from their world and taken to a remote boarding school, where they must face great challenges. An unforgettable story about dark secrets, hope, solidarity, and the return to the light. Sweden in the 1950s. Else-Maj is seven years old when she has to leave the familiar life in the Sámi village and the comforting presence of her beloved reindeer to attend a so-called nomad boarding school. Here, she meets Jon-Ante, Marge, and other Sámi children who, like Else-Maj, are to deny everything they know about the world from now on. Only the kind-hearted caregiver Anna, a Sámi like them, keeps a protective hand over the children. But one day, she disappears without a trace. It is only many years later that the former students learn the answer and, with it, finally a chance for reparation - and healing. The confrontation with the injustice faced by a long-marginalized ethnic group in Sweden - on a very personal level that quickly draws you into the story. A story that is both distressing and touching. Provocative and moving.