When Elsa arrives in Iceland in the summer of 1949, she is one of many. Nearly three hundred young women from Germany have answered the call of the Icelandic Farmers' Party to work on farms for a year. The farmers are hoping for labor and potential marriage partners, after many Icelandic women have migrated to the cities. The women have no language skills, but often they have nothing to lose. Elsa, too, remains silent. She is not there to stay; she is grieving for her friend Sola, and initially, she cannot communicate with the farmers anyway. Nevertheless, a sense of community develops between the turf house, the vibrant meadows, and the endless sea, a community that Elsa eventually finds irresistible. Her mere presence changes the dynamics on the farm—especially those of the farmers' sons. There are expectations, both spoken and unspoken. And then there's the family's missing daughter, whom no one talks about and who becomes increasingly important to Elsa... Katrin Zipse tells a sensitive and vivid story based on an almost forgotten piece of history, showing what it means to find a new language. New product