”Sensitive description of how the so-called Lebensborn-children were fetched from Germany and received in Norway after the war… The story which is told, is important to be reminded of”
Adresseavisen
”Sober and insightful about neglected children. Kjersti Ericsson has written a powerful book… It has turned out a gripping story”
5/6 stars, Haugesunds Avis
”Insightful about children marked by war… With insight and quiet wisdom she tells a story of individual destinies, fetched from the depths of war and brought to life in a language which is both scant and spacious. To write a novel about this many troublesome child-destinies is a daring project, to go through with it without slipping into sentimentality is skilful. Ericsson captures the unique post-war atmosphere, simply by not painting with a wide, epic paintbrush”
Stavanger Aftenblad
”Well-written about a stain on Norwegian history… Kjersti Ericsson, criminologist and author of both non-fiction, poetry and fiction, writes well and engaged. The reader is often encountered with heartbreaking destinies, idealistic people with unwavering spirits and bureaucratic authorities…Kjersti Ericsson’s novel might as well be read as a documentary about the return of the “German-children”
Bergens Tidende
”It is sore. It is naked and it is difficult. Kjersti Ericsson captures you into a world we would like to forget ever existed… Either way it is very sore and moving to read about these children, who we all know have suffered undeserved destinies because their mother was unfortunate enough to fall in love with a German man. This reality, this Norwegian past, is something we all need be reminded of. Homecoming does exactly that”
5/6 stars, Trønder-Avisa
