The Gold BallA woman searches for her family's roots and genealogy on an island off the coast of Denmark, a land populated by the descendants of a mysterious, heroic, and ideosyncratic figure, and discovers a namesake, Maja Stina, an ancestor who possessed magical powers. |
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