Alberta and Jacob | 
pickPublished in 1926, this classic of Norwegian literature fits with the works of Woolf & Wharton. Alberta lives in a small town in the north. Her family struggles financially to uphold their middle class status. Neither Alberta nor her brother Jacob are happy, but her options for escape are fewer. She is trapped by her desire to please & an unbearable longing for more than provincial life can offer. A moving account of a frustrated young woman!
merelybookish Book 3 for #192025 challenge. Only 97 more to go. 😆 @Librarybelle 2y
BarbaraBB This is one I‘ve been meaning to read too. #1001books 2y
AmyG What a gorgeous view! 2y
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merelybookish @BarbaraBB It does pop up on those lists! Happy to send you my copy if you don't mind that it's a bit yellowed. (Bought it used.) 2y
merelybookish @AmyG Oh thank you! We feel quite lucky, especially on sunny summer days like today! 2y
BarbaraBB I‘d love that but I think it is quite pricey at the moment. I think it‘s too much trouble for you. Thanks anyway🤍🤍 2y
Librarybelle Oh! Stacking! 2y
Liz_M I enjoyed this one! I still have visual images of the described scenery in my head. 2y
merelybookish @Liz_M Yes her descriptions of the changing seasons were beautiful! Have you read the rest of the trilogy? 2y
LeahBergen And now I must really get to my copy soon. 👍 2y
Centique This is on my TBR so I‘m glad to hear more about it. And I‘m so envious of your lovely summer day. We‘ve had rain all day, gale force winds and some minor floods 😳 (not my house luckily!) And the pretty pink of your flowers! 😍 2y
merelybookish @LeahBergen I think you'd really enjoy it! 2y
merelybookish @Centique Yes, it's high summer! Even a bit of a 'heat wave' for this area, although nothing like what others are experiencing. And thank you! I love my pink geraniums! 🌺🌺🌺 2y
Graywacke Nice review. Title and author are new to me and now of interest. 2y
