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2000s: It was like something out of a fairytale…
The Nesting
What you need to know before your trail
Deep in a remote Norwegian forest, Lexi has found a new home with architect Tom and his two young daughters. With snow underfoot and the sound of the nearby fjord in her ears, it’s as if Lexi has stepped into a fairy tale
But this family has a history – and this place has a past. Something was destroyed to build their beautiful new house. And those ancient, whispering woods have a long memory.
Lexi begins to hear things, see things that don’t make sense. She used to think this place heavenly, but in the dark, dark woods, a menacing presence lurks.
With darkness creeping in from the outside, Lexi knows she needs to protect the children in her care.
But protect them from what?
Travel Guide
Visit fairytale-like Norway BookTrail style
Ålesund is a port town on the west coast of Norway, at the entrance to the Geirangerfjord. As the architecture is explored in the novel, this is the perfect setting for this book as the architectural style in which most of the town was rebuilt after a fire in 1904, was the art nouveau style as documented at the Jugendstilsenteret museum. Take yourself off up to the Mount Aksla lookout for a bird’s eye view straight from the page of The Nesting
The author visited the Geirangerfjord and several fishing villages in Finnmark with less than sixty inhabitants and was amazed at how the locals adapted to the landscape, weather and the remoteness they lived in. She also bought a book of Norwegian fairytales and together with the setting, this was the basis for The Nesting.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Nesting
Destination/location: Norway Author/guide: C J Cooke Departure Time: 2000s
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