This is one of the few books that originally drew me in by the front cover. I loved this story of heartbreak, sojourns through the woods for solitude and healing, and great friendship. I liked that it took place in Sweden, NZ, and a little in Japan. I disagree with many reviews on Amazon that compare Linda Olsson to Ann Tyler and Jodi Picoult...she is much more refined that than for a debut novel and rides above the fluff and predictability of supermarket fiction. I had many unanswered questions when I finished the novel, but I liked that. I was so taken with this story, that I couldn't start another novel for several weeks.
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- I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. ~John Muir
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brilliant short story author
I voraciously read anything by Alice Munro. I think she is a brilliant short story writer. Her writing is precise and cuts to the bone. After reading each story I feel like I have read a short complex novel. It's her careful written words of the everyday, the simple things, the things that touch our hearts that make her writing so fantastic. Most of her stories take place in small towns across Canada and relate to women, their relationships with others, and their everyday lives.
This is a book for those who like short stories of everyday life, but is much higher than supermarket fiction in complexity...so if you want an easy beach read, this wouldn't be it. If you want a book rich with detail and the human heart, this is it.
I highly recommend her previous collection called: Hateship, friendship, courtship, loveship, marriage .
