“A beautiful book filled with wisdom and love for people, animals, places, countries and – islands”
5/6
VG

“Tove Nilsen offers delicate and loving memories from times long gone … solid and beautiful writing craft”
Dagbladet

“The caring and affectionately drawn portraits make Tove Nilsen’s travel book a great read … elegantly balancing between the humorous, the comic and the friendly revealing”
Dagsavisen

“I wish I had accompanied her to crete and seen Paleochora’s thinnest man lie down backwards in the water with his knees up and the elbows out … With scenes like that, Islands in the Heart make you want to travel … a mild and keen depictor of people and social milieus.”
Dag og Tid

“[Nilsen] writes with curiosity, but also with respect … In loose, vivid and easily read prose, Tove Nilsen takes the reader out on a trip and into her mind … Even though the reader doen’t see Skåtøy or Crete as “their” islands, there is a lot that seems familiar in this little, wise book about travelling”
5/6 stars, Telemarksavisa

“casual and charming memories”
Stavanger Aftenblad