Elizabeth Birkelund’s most recent novel, A Northern Light in Provence (Ballantine Penguin Random House) The paperback edition will be released on May 13, 2025.
Her previous novels include The Runaway Wife (Harper Colins) and The Dressmaker (Henry Holt & Co.) Her original and imaginative voice invites readers to explore new worlds far away and close to home.
Book Summary:
Upon arrival in the medieval village of Beau Rivière, Ilse falls under the spell of the Provençal way of life and the charming French poet.
She becomes captive to the air, the sun, the vibrant spring colors, and the dulcet sounds of the Provençal dialect. And soon enough, she is captive to the poet, too, as a daily rhythm develops between Labaye and his translator. Their warm camaraderie is disturbed, however, when the poet’s son Frey shows up. Though he has a fiancée back in Paris, Frey turns his attention on Ilse, and suddenly she is forced to learn another language, one her translation skills have not prepared her to decode. With whom and where does her future lie?
With an eye and ear attuned to the sensibilities of French life, Elizabeth Birkelund has created a love story about a woman forced to choose between the security of her quiet northern home and possibly the life of her dreams.
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Prior to writing novels, Elizabeth was the personal finance columnist for Cosmopolitan magazine and a full-time freelance writer for national magazines including Glamour, Self, Victoria, Working Woman and Institutional Investor. A graduate of Brown University, she has served on the boards of the National Humanities Center in Research Triangle, NC, and the Center for Fiction, NYC. She received a fellowship from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She lives in New York City. She is looking forward to meeting the women of our Mod.Life Community.
Join us as we learn about the author and her love of writing.
What tips she would give you if you wanted to write a novel.
How she researched for this book and what she discovered about Greenland.
France and Greenland play pivotal “roles” in this book… come learn about this.
This is a book’s main character is on a journey of discovering oneself and taking chances.
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