Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name (Hardcover) by Vendela Vida

from nicx27

This book is about Clarissa, a 28 year old woman whose father has just died and whose mother abandoned her family when Clarissa was 14. When Clarissa finds out that the man she thought was her father wasn't, and that her real father is a Sami priest in Lapland, she sets off on a journey to find o...

from Cariola

Initially, it was the book's title that caught my attention. Although I think it was a bit of a cheat for Vida to borrow it from a Sami poet, it fit the novel perfectly. Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name tracks Clarissa Iverton's search for her unknown biological father, the mother who aban...

from mrstreme

Have you ever had the rug pulled out from under you? That's the case with the main character of Let The Northern Lights Erase Your Name. Clarissa Iverton is a twenty-something subtitle writer who, upon her father's death, discovers that he was not her biological father. Feeling betrayed by this s...

from porch_reader

Vida tells the story of Clarissa Iverton, a young woman who was raised by her father after being abandoned by her mother. When her father dies, she learns that he wasn't her biological father and sets off to Lapland in search of her real father. The plot twists and turns a few times as Clarissa s...

from theghostis

The title (derived from the title of a Sami poem) is better than the book, yet the story is enthralling and beautiful in places. The ending feels rushed. It is difficult for an author to successfully deal with multiple subjects of emotional intensity all at one time and Vendela Vida seems to have...