a chilly Scandinavian setting leavened by rich observations of nature, and characters whose prim, polite facades eventually disappear, exposing years of anger and hurt."- Kirkus Reviews "Has the hallmarks of an Ingmar Bergman film. "Readers of Anne Tyler and Jodi Picoult will appreciate the lyrical prose and expert rendering of the themes of heartbreakk and loss."- Booklist simply so beguiling."- The New York Times The discussion questions in the back aren't bad either which is a pleasant change."Natural and vivid, utterly convincing. Astrid asks her young lover to kill a baby owl that has fallen out of his nest because he doesn't believe that the owl can survive.Īnyway, lots to talk about with this book. I just thought of a foreshadowing of Sara's death. There are so many parallels in this novel: both women lost their mother when young, both lost their true love, both lost babies, both are independent. Well, her death was neatly timed, but can't that happen in a novel? We disagreed about how Astrid died-did she kill herself or did she die a natural death? I had never thought of suicide but was generally outvoted. Or was it because she didn't want to see her daughter face life as a a girl and woman? Was it because she feared Sara would be sexually abused by her father as Astrid had been by hers? Was it to get back at her husband? doubtful. We agreed that it was difficult to understand why Astrid killed Sara, her child. When we arrived at the meeting, we were greeted by Joanne's angel food cake with white icing, blueberries and strawberries. The service was lackadaisical to say the least, but the food was satisfying.
I suggested IHOP (some people complained about the lack of wine) because pancakes appear in the novel. Apparently there's a Scandinavian restaurant in Chicago, but that's a little out of the way. This book takes place in Sweden and New Zealand, and our search for restaurants that served these cuisines failed. Our August book was Astrid and Veronika by Linda Olsson.
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