Oleanna
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Set during the separation of Norway from Sweden in 1905, this richly detailed novel of love and loss was inspired by the life of the author's great-great-aunts. Oleanna and her sister Elisabeth are the last of their family working their farm deep in the western fjordland. A new century has begun, and the world outside is changing, but in the Sunnfjord their world is as small and secluded as the verdant banks of a high mountain lake. With their parents dead and their brothers all gone to America, the sisters have resigned themselves to a simple life tied to the land and to the ghosts of those who have departed. The arrival of Anders, a cotter living just across the farm's border, unsettles Oleanna's peaceful but isolated existence. Sharing a common bond of loneliness and grief, Anders stirs within her the wildness and wanderlust she has worked so hard to tame. When she is confronted with another crippling loss, Oleanna must decide once and for all how to face her past, claim her future, and find her place in a wide new world. Oleanna was short-listed in the 2011
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What Readers Are Saying "Oleanna is a fabulous character. She's strong but personable and definitely the sort of character that you find yourself rooting for...Historical fiction lovers will eat this book up!"~ A Bookish Affair "Oleanna is women's historical fiction at its finest. I thoroughly enjoyed every word and highly recommend it as a fascinating read giving insight into a lesser known country and period in history." ~ Historical Novel Review "Rose brings a time of historic change to life through passionate characters and lush prose. Oleanna is a true labor of love." ~ Heather Domin, author of The Soldier of Raetia "A magnificent journey to the past; Rose captures turn of the century Norway as if having walked the very steps Oleanna and her sister Elisabeth trod running the family farm." ~ Anna Scott Graham, author of The War on Emily Dickinson and Alvin's Farm Learn more about the world of Oleanna
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