Olsson, Linda <br/><br/>
Astrid & Veronika 
/ Linda Olsson 
 - New York  : Penguin Books  , 2007, c2005. 
 - 259, 11 p.  ; 20 cm. 
<br/><br/> First published in New Zealand under the title Let me sing you gentle songs by Penguin Books (NZ) 2005  Includes readers guide at back of book.  "A Penguin original"--P. [4] of cover. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-259). 
<br/><br/> With extraordinary emotional power, Linda Olsson's stunningly well-crafted debut novel recounts the unusual and unexpected friendship that develops between two women. Veronika, a young writer from New Zealand, rents a house in a small Swedish village as she tries to come to terms with a recent tragedy while also finishing a novel. Her arrival is silently observed by Astrid, an older, reclusive neighbor who slowly becomes a presence in Veronika's life, offering comfort in the form of companionship and lovingly prepared home-cooked meals. Set against a haunting Swedish landscape, Astrid & Veronika is a lyrical and meditative novel of love and loss, and a story that will remain with readers long after the characters' secrets are revealed.        Descriptive content provided by Syndetics™, a Bowker service. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780143038078 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006050660 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Female friendship----Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Sweden----Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>FIC OLS