Meet Mariddja: eccentric, 85-years-old, with not too long to live. When she learns of her cancer diagnosis, there is only one thing she can think of - how to keep the diagnosis from her husband Biera, and how to find someone who can take care of him once she's gone.
Meet Kaj: a recent transplant to the village, recently-engaged to Mimmi, and recently mourning the death of his mother Laura. One day, when Kaj unexpectedly finds a box of Sami handicrafts belonging to his mother, he unlocks something he never quite anticipated, something that will change his life for years to come...
A novel of humour and devastation, lyricism and tenderness, Those Who Sow in Snow introduces a cast of loveable, quirky characters grappling with the consequences of loving and losing someone, and the consequences of forgetting and remembering history.