Occupied : Kurt Blorstad : 9781732632400 : 1732632405 : 28 Mar 2019 : KURT BLORSTAD and his father, TRYGVE, are in Norway celebrating the elder's 70th birthday. As they visit landmarks from Trygve's childhood, Trygve reveals that he has carried around a secret for years. Trygve begins his narration with the day he (age seven), his brothers THORALF (eight) and ODD (three), and his mother PAULINE go to live with his maternal grandmother in a small town outside of Vanse, Norway. Although Trygve was born in Brooklyn, New York, his family moved back to Norway to live with his father, OLAF's, parents during the Great Depression. In 1935, Olaf returns to America to prepare things for Trygve and the rest of the family to join him. Soon after arriving at their grandmother's house, Pauline informs the boys that she is pregnant and his sister, THELMA, is born. While living with his grandmother, Trygve helps with household chores, works on his uncle TARALD's farm, and attends the school in