Astrid and Veronika

Name: Astrid and Veronika
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Linda Olsson
ISBN: 9781436153737

Author: Linda Olsson

Narrator: Jill Tanner, Susan Lyons, Patricia Connolly

Unabridged: 7 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/24/2009

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

With 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, 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Robin on February 07, 2009

sweet....beautiful......deep..... quiet.....thoughtful......more

Goodreads review by Kyla on August 13, 2007

What's the Swedish for "blech"? I was really looking forward to this book - a New Zealand/Scandanavian hybrid, the story of two women, a picture of food on the cover - what else could you ask for? How about good writing? An ear for dialogue? A decent editor? This novel emerged from a First Novel wri......more

Goodreads review by Cherie on June 09, 2018

It was lovely!......more

Goodreads review by Cynthia on July 11, 2015

An exquisite commentary on the value of friendship between women and what an old woman and a young one can learn from one another.......more

Goodreads review by Maria Ella on August 20, 2013

Poignant and heartwarming, the novel sets you into a quiet mood, experiencing saudade in the middle of a heavy rainfall. The book opens with a cold winter welcome, it feels slow at first, but as you go along the story, you are slowly opening up - to the slow talks, to the longer sunshine, to the ser......more