Place of longing: Island. The new two-volume series by the Spiegel bestselling author. Iceland's winter nights are long. But Elín likes the darkness. Alone on the beach, under the endlessly vast starry sky, she can almost forget what her ex-boyfriend said about her. About her body. About her weight. Until the self-doubt becomes so loud that not even the roar of the waves can drown it out. When she meets Jón during a cooking class, she is more than unsettled. Jón is attractive, charming, and funny - and he is interested in her. Elín's heart races in his presence, yet she freezes at every touch. Because how can she let herself fall again? If the impact on the ground would destroy everything that is left of her... A tender love story revolving around the themes of body shaming and self-discovery. Dark nights and dancing northern lights. Volume 1 of the Island series, the winter book.