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 ...
Sarah's Key is such a great book. I've added Wintergirls and Speak to my TBR pile as I've seen them around so many blogs today. Great list!
ReplyDeleteIt's actually incredibly embarrassing that I haven't read any of the books on your list! However, my sister did read Thirteen Reasons Why... I walked into her room, going to tell her a joke, and found her sobbing into her pillow. Yikes, seems like powerful stuff.
ReplyDeleteGreat list! :)
I must read 13 Reasons Why (it's been on so many lists today!). And I see We Need to Talk About Kevin pop up often, but I'm so afraid to read it!
ReplyDeleteThe Storyteller is an amazing book and also made it on my list along with several other Jodi Picoult books. I also had The Fault in Our Stars on my list.
ReplyDeleteMy TTT: http://rachaelc94.blogspot.com/2013/05/top-ten-hard-books.html