HER GRANDFATHER KONRAD was always a tower of strength for young Juni. Yet he never spoke of the place that shaped him the most. Only now does Juni learn where her loving grandfather learned to breathe with the waves.
1943: THE MERCHANT ship of brothers Konrad and Sverre is attacked in the Indian Ocean. In the hospital, Konrad falls in love with nurse Sigrid. But their happiness is threatened: Separated, they are taken prisoner. What future awaits them across the sea?
A NOVEL THAT shows what true humanity means and how the past shapes us for generations to come.
THE DRAMATIC STORY of Konrad, the grandfather from “When Grandmother Danced in the Rain,” told by his granddaughter Juni. A great sequel, but can also be read independently.
Trude Teige
Tine Poppe
In 2015, When Grandma Danced in the Rain was published and cemented Trude Teige among international bestselling authors. The novel tells the story of Juni who returns to the house of her deceased grandparents on a small Norwegian island where she discovers a photograph: it shows her grandmother Tekla as a young woman with a German soldier. Juni can no longer ask anyone so the search for the truth takes her to Berlin and to the small town of Demmin in eastern Germany where hundreds of families committed suicide in May 1945. Juni realizes that this is about much more than a secret love. Inspired by actual people and events, the book was nominated for the Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize. It became one of the bestselling books in Germany in 2023 and remained on the bestseller lists for over a year. Teige counted among Norway’s topselling authors for all of 2024. As of 2025, more than 1,5 million copies of the author’s works have been sold worldwide.
