An old Norwegian man goes to live in a cabin he shared in his childhood with his father for a summer, and memories bubble up.  It was a wonderful summer—he and his father forged a seemingly inviolable bond.  But the end of the summer was the end of his father for the boy—Dad disappeared never to be seen again. Petterson weaves a tale around the void in the son’s life that might never be repaired—well maybe not until his very old age. It was a pleasure weaving through the prose in this book.  Once it ended, I wanted to read it all over again.[1/07]