Synopsis:  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. 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.   My Thoughts:   I was very surprised by what an absolutely beautiful story Oleanna is.  The ...
 
 
I've been over-indulging with library books lately too. It's not like I don't have a huge TBR pile already. :)
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Yea for libraries! I love my local library, but I usually get greedy and check out more than I can read. Thank goodness for renewals! Enjoy! :)
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What the what. I honestly had no idea Winter's Bone was a book first! AHH. I must get my hands on it! Hope you enjoy :)
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Oh I have the KMM book to read as well, I need to read more books of this series. Happy reading!
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