When Water Approaches

What happens to a person who is torn apart by the roots? How long will the wounds remain? Cecilia knows that she is forced to leave her husband and children. In order to survive and move on. But will she be able to live with herself then? Then she is sought out by Rut, a woman who desperately needs her help. And who carries a story that will affect Cecilia to her core.

Three generations earlier, the young woman Elsa fights for her own future and for the future of the village of Valmåsen. The power company wants to force her and everyone else in Valmåsen to leave their homes. A dam is to be built, the village is to be drowned. But what happens when Elsa falls for the wrong man? Should she follow her heart or her duty?

When Water Approaches is a beautiful and affecting novel based on true events. About love, the bonds between people and what makes us who we are.

Part 1 in the Valmåsen Series