'There is real magic in this charming novel about care, community and the kindness of strangers. It is a deeply affecting story, beautifully told, that is sure to touch the hearts of many readers' - Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize-winning author of SHUGGIE BAIN

'Deceptively simple, deceptively innocent, told from the perspective of a bright-eyed, too-wise child, Brightly Shining has the power of a classic. You will read it in a single sitting, then carry it in your heart' - Claire Messud

'A dazzling contemporary fable of hardship and grit about two sisters who refuse to lose hope. Curl up with it for instant hygge and a warming of the heart' - Lily King, author of WRITERS AND LOVERS

'Brightly Shining feels fresh as spruce needles and ancient as bedrock. The clear and hopeful voice of Ronja slips easily into your heart and takes up residence like a breathless memory, like a song of unbearable beauty. I want to read more Ingvild Rishi, and the sooner the better' - Leif Enger, author of I CHEERFULLY REFUSE

'Probably going to stay with me for the rest of my life . . . A magnificently beautiful story, at the intersection between Astrid Lindgren and H.C. Andersen . . . in the same league as the absolute best that has been written in Nordic literature' - FriFagbevegelse (Norway)

'A little miracle' - Les Echos (France)

'Rishi doesn't lose control for even a second. Her reins are tight, the words are exactly where they ought to be . . . Rishi makes her vulnerable and tender Christmas story grow into the reader and take place there' - Dagens Nyheter (Sweden)