Brochurer om romanudgivelser fra Forlaget Mellemgaard.

1. Novels from
Mellemgaard Publishing

2. Contents:
The Forgiveness of Sins
Dorthe Lynge Larsen
ISBN: 978-87-92622-00-6
430 pages . 4
The Yoke of Childhood – Légion Étrangère
Anne Lützhöft
ISBN: 978-87-92622-21-1
219 pages . 6
The Town of Secrets
Birgitte Agerskov Buur
ISBN: 978-87-92622-57-0
188 pages . 8
A Journey Through the Unknown
Veronica Isabella Jakubczyk Nielsen
ISBN: 978-87-92622-43-3
102 pages . 10
Mrs Terkelsen’s Will
Hanne Bistrup
ISBN: 978-87-92622-20-4
267 pages . 12
Silent Screams
Grete Gylling Møllebæk
ISBN: 978-87-92622-51-8
167 pages . 14
Mellemgaard Publishing
With a book from Mellemgaard Publishing, you are sure to be enter-tained
and enthralled.
Mellemgaard publishes between 40 and 50 books a year, in a wide va-riety
of genres; from cookbooks, how-tos, travelogues and biographies
to murder mysteries, thrillers, science fiction and fantasy novels, and
children’s books. Beside the traditional book format, the books are also
published as e-books, available through our website, mellemgaard.dk.
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3. The young girl Gwyneth and her family are fighting to keep starvation
and death from the door. Things go from bad to worse when they
are forced to move to the coast where the soil is bad and the life as
fishermen is hard. In the end, Gwyneth’s parents have no other choice
but to give her away to a Catholic abbey in the rugged Northwest
Highlands of Scotland. Here, Gwyneth encounters a world full of
corruption and duplicity and makes a dangerous enemy in the
powerful Abbess. But an old icon and a mysterious, cloaked man
appear in her life and give her a
task which far exceeds her abilities,
but lives are at stake if she does not
complete it.
The Forgiveness of Sins is a historical
drama which takes place in the
beginning of the nineteenth century
in the Scottish Highlands, during
the aftermath of the unsuccessful
fight for Scottish independence
and emancipation from England.
The old clan system has dissolved
and the Scottish clan leaders have
been replaced by English noblemen
who care nothing for the general
population and only want to use
the land for sheep farming. This
causes great waves of poverty and
emigration.
Excerpt:
She sat in the corner, clutching the sack. The more she thought
about it, the less she believed that her escape would be a
success. It was one thing for someone to get a hold of the key
and let her out, but how was she going to get through the
abbey without causing a stir and getting apprehended? And
cheat both the monks and the Ferryman and cross the river on
the ferry? And even if all those things happened, where would
she go? They would easily be able to catch up with her. It
wouldn’t be long, before someone noticed that she was gone.
She folded her hands around the icon and fervently prayed to
God. That was her only weapon.
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430 pages.
ISBN: 978-87-92622-00-6
Dimensions: 152 x 230 mm
Dorthe Lynge Larsen was born in 1968 in the village of Nakke, near Nykøbing
Sjælland, and today lives i Hvalsø, Midtsjælland. She debuted
in 1997, with the historical novel Ikke for konge og fædreland
(Not for King and Country) which was followed in 2001 by
the novel Djævleurt (Leadwort?). Dorthe Lynge Larsen runs
a small IT/accounting business. She is very interested in
history, particularly Scottish history. On countless journeys
to the Scottish Highlands, she has gathered inspiration and
knowledge for her novels.
The Forgiveness
of Sins
Mellemgaard Publishing

4. Søren is born in 1932. He has a traumatic childhood which
leads to his being put in one of the toughest correctional
facilities of the time. Later, he does a stint in prison and then
he becomes a sailor.
He regularly falls in love with
women who are much older
than himself, and after a failed
love affair, he joins the Foreign
Legion and is stationed in
North Africa.
After his time in the Foreign
Legion, he feels ready to face
life and love once more – but
yet another disappointment
awaits him.
By same author:
Noget af noget - 1999 (Something of something)
77 pages.
ISBN: 87-987275-0-8
Sjov for alvor - 2000 (Severe Fun)
80 pages.
ISBN: 87-987275-9-1
På skyggesiden - Pigen på gyngen - 2001 (On the shady Side - The Girl on the Swing)
193 pages.
ISBN: 87-90958-15-2
Tænk en tanke - 2001 (Think a Thought)
105 pages.
ISBN: 87-90958-24-1
Alt til trods - 2000 (All in Spite)
90 pages.
ISBN: 87-90958-06-3
Lad håbet komme indenfor - 2003 (Let the Hope come inside)
181 pages.
ISBN: 87-90958-45-4
Mælkebøttebørn - 2006 (Dandelion Children)
220 pages.
ISBN 87-91933-04-8 04-8
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219 pages.
ISBN: 978-87-92622-21-1
Dimensions: 152 x 230 mm
Anne Lützhöft was born i 1951. In her thirties, she was struck
by an aneurism and the subsequent operation left her aphasic.
She slowly learned to speak, read and write again and after
years of rehabilitation, she wrote the book ”På skyggesiden”.
Since then, many more books have followed.
The Yoke of Childhood
– Légion Étrangère
Mellemgaard Publishing

5. The Town of Secres is a portrait of life in a small town in
Western Jutland, the hometown of Trine. After a serious
accident leaves her with permanent injuries, she becomes
known as Simple Trine.
Excerpt:
The phone rang.
- I’m bringing her over now!
Hans nodded, as though the lady at the other end of the line
could see him.
Juliane looked at him. So this was the day when the girl would
arrive. Her mother was going abroad and Hans and Juliane
had agreed to take care of the little one. No one had interfered
in any way. The council had left it completely to them to take
responsibility for her. At least, that was the information the
town’s inhabitants were given.
- Her name is Trine. Then she hung up. Juliane and Hans looked
at each other. Juliane gave a slightly uncertain smile and Hans
lowered his eyes.
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Simple Trine lives in a world
of her own; but one day,
a strange woman arrives
in town and everything
changes...
188 pages.
ISBN: 978-87-92622-57-0
Dimensions: 152 x 230 mm
Birgitte Agerskov Buur
Born 1962. Grew up in Western Jutland. Trained as an organist and cantor at
VMK - Academy of Music and Music Communication. Written music for musicals
and theatre productions. Composed the melody for Lisbeth
Smedegaard Andersen’s ”Morgenens grålys” which is in the
2006 edition of Højskolesangbogen. Co-editor of ”Salmer og
sange 2” in which she wrote ten of the melodies.
Fortielsernes by (The Town of Secrets) is Birgitte’s first novel.
The Town of Secrets
Mellemgaard Publishing

6. Shirian and her family have fled to another country, but she
finds it difficult to adapt to her new surroundings and longs for
her own country. Time after time, she relives the memories of
the terrible war and their difficult
life. Suddenly, she finds out that
the family she has always lived
with is not her biological family.
When Shirian and her mother
visit relatives in their old country,
Shirian sets off on a journey to
find her original family and to
find out more about herself.
However, her inner turmoil and
her painful experiences stop her
from reaching her goal.
Excerpt:
”Her hands carefully moved across the floor until they found
the letter pages. Then they crumpled them up with a decisive
motion, as if what had been written on them had never
taken place. A bitter hatred filled her usually generous heart.
The people she had loved all her life had let her down, had
committed such an unforgivable mistake that they had started
a new war. A war which consisted only of dead memories,
of memories which nothing could replace. The result was an
unbearable emptiness.”
”Startled, she sat up in bed, letting her anxious gaze glide up
and down the wall. Her mind went back to the war when the
soldiers used to come into her family’s home, screaming and
striking at them. Those strikes were not just ordinary strikes,
those strikes were filled with an atrocious anger which doubled
the pain. The shouts form the warriors were not ordinary
shouts, either, they were filled with a tremendous hatred which
made them sound far louder.”
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102 pages.
ISBN: 978-87-92622-43-3
Dimensions: 152 x 230 mm
Veronica Isabella Jakubczyk Nielsen (born in 1994) goes to
high school. She formerly attended the Mentiqua School and
is still a member of Gifted Children. In her spare time, she
plays the piano her interests are ethnography, psychology,
philosophy and sociology.
A Journey Through
the Unknown
Mellemgaard Publishing

7. Mrs Terkelsen’s Will is a novel about people.
You might meet them in the street without wondering who they were. But
like anyone else, when you get to know them, they have a surprising story to
tell.
There is Nina, the social worker, and her husband the solicitor, who are
fighting to hang on to their family life with their two children. There is Ester
Terkelsen, who has blue blood running through her veins, and there is her
Jewish friend, Rachel, who has a grim past. There is Nelly and her husband,
who have a very definite opinion about how life should be lived, sitting in
their flat on the third floor on Enghavevej.
As the story progresses, you get a glimpse into their lives and the very
different ways in which they handle them. They cross each other’s paths like
marionnettes, led around by fate.
You will probably wish you could get directly involved, but you cannot, you
must remain a spectator.
Once the story is over, you will feel that you know these people and want to
meet them again to see what happens to them. And so you might, who knows!
The novel is a present-day story about people who live their lives in a number
of different environments. Even though it is a work of fiction, the characters
and the social relations will resonate with many people.
The characters and their movements in and out of each other’s lives hook the
reader from start to finish, creating a desire to see how the story develops. It is
a book that stays in your thoughts for a long while after it is over.
Excerpt:
When Nelly enters the hallway, she senses that something is different from usual. She looks into
the living room. Mrs Terkelsen is not in her chair by the window, waiting for her breakfast. Nelly
hangs up her coat , takes off her shoes and puts on her slippers as usual. Then she tiptoes up to
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267 pages.
ISBN: 978-87-92622-20-4
Dimensions: 152 x 230 mm
the bedroom door and gently knocks. No
one answers. Is she lying in there dead?
Nelly eases the door open - and then opens
it wide. Her heart is in her throat.
Mrs Terkelsen is asleep in the large double
bed! Her ash grey hair flows out over her
pillow, a few stray locks spilling on to one
cheek. There is an impression in the pillow
next to her and the duvet has been pushed
aside – someone was lying there, someone
who has left by now! On Mrs Terkelsen’s
night stand lies a small note. Nelly is
speechless.
Hanne Bistrup is a trained
psychologist and author. As the seventh
child in a large family, she grew up
with lots of
people around her. All her life, she has been an avid observer of
other people’s behaviour. Both personally and professionally,
she has moved in many different environments and been
inspired by the people and events she has met along the way.
Music has been a faithful companion in her life; she was a
singer in a jazz band, has played folk music, has written songs
and has helped arrange music festivals. After a long working
life, her creative interests are now focused solely on writing.
Mrs Terkelsen’s
Will
Mellemgaard Publishing

8. Silent Screams is the story of a seemingly completely ordinary
family. But below the surface, a very different picture emerges.
Excerpt:
Once inside the room, she pushes the rose petals aside and sits
on the bed. She opens the warm bathrobe, takes a deep breath
and looks down her body, trying to suck in her stomach a bit
in the orange bathing suit. Last year’s model. If only she had
bought a new one for the trip! She rises heavily and goes into
the bathroom where she stands with her back turned to the
full-size mirror so she can see herself from behind in the clear
surface when she turns her head. Her thighs look like a lunar
landscape, and when she twists her back, her waist folds into
unattractive rolls. In the lunar landscape, a few unwanted dark
hairs grow and she gets out her shaver and removes them while
she tries to smile at herself in the mirror, as though to get her
muscles used to the exercise.
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The story takes place in a
provincial Danish town. We follow
Mette, who is a nursery head. She
is married to Peter, who is a middle
manager in an IT firm. They have
two children, Anna and Tine, who
six and nine years old respectively.
The girls go to the local school.
The family is a typical Danish
nuclear family where the parents’
careers and the ideal of a healthy
lifestyle takes up a lot of space in
their hectic lives. Their family life
is particularly influenced by Peter’s
high level of ambition. Mette tries
to keep up, but that comes at a
price.
167 pages.
ISBN: 978-87-92622-51-8
Dimensions: 152 x 230 mm
Grete Gylling Møllebæk
Born 1964. Has a BA in education from Copenhagen
University, 1992. Trained as a teacher of Danish as a foreign
language in 1994. Since 1998, she has worked with economy at
a managerial level.
Silent Screams is Grete Gyling Møllebæks first novel.
Silent Screams
Mellemgaard Publishing

9. Mellemgaard Publishing offers a wide selection of
publications.
You will find biographies, hobby, cookbooks,
leisure, royal books, fiction, body & soul, sci-fi
and many other genres.
Forlaget mellemgaard
Solsiden 12 • DK-5270 Odense N • Phone & fax : 65903642 • info@mellemgaard.dk
Forlaget Mellem is a subsidiary of Forlaget ØKNOM, www.oeknom.dk • www.mellemgaard.dk