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Astrid & Veronika / Linda Olsson.

by Olsson, Linda.

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Penguin Books, 2007.

Women authors -- Fiction

Neighbors -- Fiction

Tragedy -- Fiction

Female friendship -- Fiction.

Sweden -- Fiction.

9780143038078 (trade pbk.)

0143038079 (trade pbk.)

Alternate title:

Astrid and Veronika

Let me sing you gentle songs.

259, 11 p. ; 20 cm.

"First published in New Zealand under the title Let me sing you gentle songs by Penguin Books (NZ) 2005"--T.p. verso.

"A Penguin original"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes readers guide.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-259).

"Veronika, a young writer from New Zealand, rents a house in a small village in the midst of a harsh Swedish winter. She has come here alone hoping to come to terms with a recent tragedy while finishing her lastest novel. Her arrival is observed by Astrid, her elderly, reclusive neighbor who harbors a dark secret from her past. Astrid offers Veronika companionship in her grief, and the two embark on an unusual and unexpected friendship. Asl the seasons change around them, Astrid and Veronika slowly reveal their stories to one another, and what happends between them over the course of a year will change both of their lives forever."--Back cover

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