5/21/2023 0 Comments Astrid and veronikaWhen she hasn’t seen Veronika for a few days and there is no sign of life coming from the house this disturbs her and she finds herself knocking on Veronika’s door. At first she does not respond to Veronika’s tentative efforts to get to know her, although she watches Veronika as she walks passed Astrid’s house on her way to the village. There is a mystery too concerning Astrid’s past and she too is troubled by her memories. From this opening it’s obvious that Veronika is troubled, needing to sort out her thoughts. Her only close neighbour is Astrid, who is an elderly recluse. Veronika, a young writer, has come to live near a small village in the Swedish countryside. This sets the scene – it’s coming to the end of winter and there is the promise of spring. It had been a slow journey, but it had given her time to think. She had driven to Stockholm in the gradually deepening dusk that seamlessly became night. There had been wind and drifting snow during her journey, but as darkness fell, the wind died and the snow settled. I’d never heard of Linda Olsson before and didn’t know what to expect, but the first sentences drew me effortlessly into the story: Sometime I must write a post about why I love libraries so much. That’s one of the features of the library that I really appreciate. I found this book at my local library on display in the 1st Novel Collection.
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