‘Daughter of the Sea’ Lauded by Swedish Newspapers

Catrin Ormestad’s new novel Daughter of the Sea has received glowing praise from Swedish local newspapers Alingsås Tidning and Arbetarbladet. Here’s what they had to say:

“Reading Daughter of the Sea by Catrin Ormestad is a powerful experience that takes the reader’s breath away, thanks to its extraordinary sense for nature, for animals’ rights, and the care with which the strong yet conflicting feelings that develop between Roman and Tamara are portrayed.”
– Alingsås Tidning (SE)

“‘It was not the first time that she had woken up with a dead bird on her chest’. What a remarkable way to begin a novel! Catrin Ormestad’s Daughter of the Sea has me instantly hooked at that. […] The author takes love seriously. The encounter between two people is allowed to be a beautiful story. The landscape is vividly present and not merely a backdrop. The characters are complex people standing at crucial crossroads. How can we live in harmony? What is freedom? Is there any future for humanity? Faced with the vastness of the sea, the big questions arise naturally.”
– Arbetarbladet (SE)

Daughter of the Sea was published in Sweden by Bazar Förlag on August 13th, 2026.