Hundredtusinder danskere udvandrede til Amerika i 1800-tallet drevet af drømmen om et bedre liv. Året er 1878. For Johanne er livet i Danmark en daglig kamp for at få mad på bordet, og hun ved, at familiens skæbne aldrig vil ændre sig. På grund af en hemmelighed i hendes fortid findes der kun én løsning: at drage til Amerika. Hendes mand, Jens, rejser i forvejen for at finde jord, og halvandet år senere følger Johanne og børnene efter. På den lange, farefulde rejse over Atlanterhavet møder hun Astrid, som har mistet både sin mand og sin jord, og den enarmede soldat Valdemar, der bærer på en skat af frø og læggekartofler. Da Johanne genforenes med Jens i Nebraska, venter den største udfordring: at skabe et nyt liv på prærien. Den barske natur lader sig ikke tæmme uden modstand, og de to har meget forskellige måder at kæmpe på. Hvor vinden vender er en fortælling om en kvinde, der forsøger at trodse sin skæbne. Det er en historie om mod, om venskaber og ikke mindst om den svære kærlighed mellem to mennesker.
Author
Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1972, Winter Men is Jesper Bugge Kold's first novel. It was published in Denmark in August 2014, and the same year it was nominated to the prestigious Debutant's Prize at BogForum. Jesper Bugge Kold grew up in Copenhagen and has a bachelor's degree from the Library School and a master's degree from the University of Information Technology. Later, working as a sports journalist on several Danish TV-channels, he was editor on the national coverage of NFL. In 2009 he and his family moved to the countryside where he found time to start writing. Based on an enormous amount of research, Jesper Bugge Kold has been in contact with former concentration camps, historians, and museums during the writing of Winter Men. Quick facts: -He started working on Winter Men in October 2010 -He lives in the island of Funen with his wife and two children -He used to play guitar in the band Biff Baxter Band with whom he released two CDs -He laughs but mostly cries with the soccer team Aston Villa -His favorite authors are Jorge Luis Borges, John Steinbeck, Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Richard Ford and Jonathan Safran Foer among others -His new novel is published in Denmark april 2016 and takes place in the German Democratic Republic
