![]() ![]() ![]() Let’s start with what I did like, shall we? My favorite thing about the book was definitely the way that Olsson changed perspectives throughout. I did like the book, and I was interested enough to keep turning its pages, but I wasn’t thrilled. The novel was, overall, somewhere along the range of okay to good. ![]() Set against a haunting Swedish landscape, Astrid & Veronika 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.ĭespite not loving Olsson’s Sonata for Miriam when I read it a few months ago, I did love her beautiful writing and was intrigued enough by that to seek out a copy of this, her first novel, Astrid & Veronika. 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. ![]() Veronika, a young writer, rents a house in a small Swedish village as she tries to come to terms with a recent tragedy while also finishing a novel. With extraordinary emotional power, Linda Olsson’s stunningly well-crafted debut novel recounts the unusual and unexpected friendship that develops between two women. Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Womens’ Fiction ![]()
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