The Weather Changed, Summer Came and So On
ABOUT
THE BOOK
Johnny is from New Jersey, and Kari is from Oslo. They meet in New York in the late 1950s and soon fall in love, get married, and move to Asbury Park, where their life unfolds like a dream: Kari gives birth to two beautiful daughters, and Johnny is a wildly successful entrepreneur. Everything begins to unravel, though, when Johnny’s business partner commits suicide and their company plunges into bankruptcy. Then a deadly accident claims their daughters. Reeling from the tragedy and seeking a new beginning, Johnny and Kari move to Norway. But they can’t escape their trauma as it continues to take a toll on their marriage, especially as Johnny struggles to find his place in a foreign country.
The Weather Changed, Summer Came and So On is a haunting novel about love, loss, and identity that focuses on the survival of trauma.
ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Diane
Oatley
Diane Oatley is a writer, indie scholar, and literary translator. Originally from the US, she began undergraduate studies in English Literature at the University of Maine and later transferred to the University of Oslo, where she completed an MA in comparative literature. She has a long list of non-fiction publication credits, predominantly in the field of dance studies, including dance reviews, academic articles, and creative non-fiction in peer review journals and anthologies. Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in Norway, England, India, and Spain. She has translated more than twenty fiction and non-fiction titles from Norwegian into English, and two of her fiction translations were longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award.
Diane Oatley is a writer, indie scholar, and literary translator. Originally from the US, she began undergraduate studies in English Literature at the University of Maine and later transferred to the University of Oslo, where she completed an MA in comparative literature. She has a long list of non-fiction publication credits, predominantly in the field of dance studies, including dance reviews, academic articles, and creative non-fiction in peer review journals and anthologies. Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in Norway, England, India, and Spain. She has translated more than twenty fiction and non-fiction titles from Norwegian into English, and two of her fiction translations were longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
The Weather Changed, Summer Came and So On constructs and inhabits a liminal world as the protagonists seek to stay afloat amid grief and estrangement. This is a gripping, heartbreaking story that will move readers with its timelessness and universal relevance.