The author was born of Swedish Jewish parents past this time of World War II. She said her family would not talk about the way family members died during the war. She learned of those things as she grew older. She interviewed people, who were sent to Sweden as children, to protect them from th...
Auf einer Insel in den Schären treffen eines Tages zwei Schwestern aus Wien ein: Steffi und Nelli. Ihre Eltern haben sie in das ferne Schweden geschickt, weil sie die beiden vor dem Zugriff der Nazis retten wollen - denn die Familie ist jüdisch. Ein paar Monate nur soll dieses Exil dauern, dann w...
Steffi ser fram emot att börja i läroverket i Göteborg och att få nya vänner. Men allra mest ser hon fram emot att träffa Sven, som hon lärde känna när hans familj var sommargäster på ön. Sven är arton år och Steffis hemliga kärlek. Själv är hon bara tretton och vet inte riktigt om hennes känslor...
But Aunt Märta never appears. Could Stephie have been lucky? Could Miss Holm have forgotten all about it? Perhaps she didn’t find it so remarkable to bump into Stephie in Göteborg. She probably had lots of other interesting things to tell people after her visit. On Thursday after school, Stephie ...
“I’ve done the dishes and my homework,” she says. “May I go out for a while?” “I suppose so,” Aunt Märta replies. “But be home by dark.” Stephie pulls on a cardigan and ties her shoes. Finally it’s warm enough for her to put her too-small boots away and wear lighter shoes. She goes out onto the s...
Aunt Märta promises. On her way back, Stephie stands out on deck again, but this time, she mostly just stares down into the water. The surface of the sea is unruffled and gleaming. Somewhere at the bottom, in the depths, might be the missing submarine, the Wolf. That night she dreams that she has...