ON THE OTHER SIDE IS MARCH by Sólrún Michelsen, translated from Faroese by Marita Thomsen
From the first female Faroese writer to ever appear in English comes this poignant and utterly captivating novel about a woman in her 60's, caretaking for her mother while also doing the emotional labor of caring for her adult children and young grandchildren. For Michelsen's character, the present is a time of in-between; she is perpetually caught in memories of the past and nudged into a future state of bereavement by the inevitable knowledge that every day her mother is one day closer to death. Throughout, Michelsen ties sentences together with humor and a brief but profound simplicity, a simplicity that belies an emotional depth and keen understanding of the human spirit. What a beautiful book!
