{"product_id":"astrid-and-veronika-isbn-9780143038078","title":"Astrid and Veronika","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Readers of Anne Tyler and Jodi Picoult will appreciate the lyrical prose and expert rendering of the themes of heartbreakk and loss.\"—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn unforgettable novel about friendship, love and loss. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith extraordinary emotional power, Linda Olsson’s stunningly well-crafted debut novel recounts the unusual and unexpected friendship that develops between two women. Veronika, a young writer from New Zealand, rents a house in a small Swedish village as she tries to come to terms with a recent tragedy while also finishing a novel. Her arrival is silently observed by Astrid, an older, reclusive neighbor who slowly becomes a presence in Veronika’s life, offering comfort in the form of companionship and lovingly prepared home-cooked meals. Set against a haunting Swedish landscape, \u003ci\u003eAstrid \u0026amp; Veronika\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical and meditative novel of love and loss, and a story that will remain with readers long after the characters’ secrets are revealed.\"Natural and vivid, utterly convincing... simply so beguiling.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Readers of Anne Tyler and Jodi Picoult will appreciate the lyrical prose and expert rendering of the themes of heartbreakk and loss.\"—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Has the hallmarks of an Ingmar Bergman film... a chilly Scandinavian setting leavened by rich observations of nature, and characters whose prim, polite facades eventually disappear, exposing years of anger and hurt.\"—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Linda Olsson evokes, with great beauty and precision, the landscape of a friendship between two very different women, each caught in a tragic moment from the past. Their connection, initially as tentative and fragile as the first filaments of ice, gradually strengthens, allowing each woman to give voice to her stories, and in doing so to reclaim 'a heart for beauty.' Subtle, penetrating, and beautifully written, \u003ci\u003eAstrid and Veronika\u003c\/i\u003e affirms the power of narrative to transform.\"—Kim Edwards, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Memory Keeper's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Not only impossible to put down, but impossible to forget.\"—\u003ci\u003eCanvas\u003c\/i\u003e, New Zealand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Linda Olsson unravels . . . each woman’s story . . . gradually revealing their grief and loss. . . . This a subtle but powerful novel, tender and poignant.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Dominion Post\u003c\/i\u003e, New Zealand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Beautiful and deeply affecting. A dreamlike evocation of the power of friendship.\"—Mary McGarry Morris, author of \u003ci\u003eSongs in Ordinary Time\u003c\/i\u003eLinda Olsson was born in Stockholm, Sweden. In 2003, she won the \u003ci\u003eSunday Star-Times\u003c\/i\u003e Short Story Competition. Linda has lived in Kenya, Singapore, Britain, and Japan before settling in Auckland, New Zealand, where she lives today. Her previous novel,\u003ci\u003e Astrid \u0026amp; Veronika\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2007.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302208327909,"sku":"NP9780143038078","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143038078.jpg?v=1767721883","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/astrid-and-veronika-isbn-9780143038078","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}