"Homeward over the Ice" tells a delicate and touching story of a second first love, of guilt and remorse, of estrangement and reconciliation - set against the majestic expanse of the sea, the graceful landscape of the Swedish archipelago, and the shimmering glow of a world awakening to life after a long winter. The first signs of spring in the archipelago: cold and ice retreat only hesitantly, yet the sun, rising higher each day, hints at spring on Hustrun, one of the northernmost islands in the Stockholm archipelago. Ellinor Ingman has spent her entire life here. Apart from her and her elderly father, there are almost no families left on the island. It is a quiet, often lonely existence, but Ellinor loves the island and the sea, her eider ducks, and her little garden. When Herrman Engström suddenly reappears before her after more than thirty years, her former...