Seasons in the Sun

Seasons in the Sun by Ragna Dahl. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780960362448.

Steinkjer, an old-world town nestled below rolling hills alongside the Norwegian fjord, sheltered a high-spirited child named Ragna Dahl. When Hitlers Germany invaded Norway in May 1940, Ragna fled the Nazis on skis, crossing a dangerous mountain pass to reach Steinkjer. She found it bombed beyond recognition. Childhood memories, marked by Midsummers Night celebration, ski escapades and alpine summers herding goats, exploded with Nazi bombs. From a meager life of porridge suppers, wooden clogs and milking cows in Steinkjer, Ragna Dahl sailed her way to fashionable London, Hemingways Paris and traveled in 1920s Nice, Cannes, Monte Carlo. After death snatched her bridegroom in Paris and nearly took a baby daughter in Oslo, she experienced a spiritual revolution that energized over five decades of witnessing the Bible. A legend to thousands in Norway, this vital, loving lady left her native land. Transplanted to Colorado, she won ski race medals through her 70s. Ragnas own story, warm, funny yet gripped by tragedy, makes rich reading.