Marianne Fredriksson Books

Anna has returned from visiting her mother. Restless and unable to sleep, she wanders through her parents' house, revisiting the scenes of her childhood. In a cupboard drawer, folded and pushed away from sight, she finds a sepia photograph of her grandmother, Hanna, whom she remembers as old and forbidding, a silent stranger enveloped in a huge pleated black dress. Now, looking at the features Anna recognises as her own, she realises she is looking at a different woman from the one of her memory. Set against the majestic isolation of the Scandinavian lakes and mountains, this is more than a story of three Swedish women. It is a moving testament of a time forgotten and an epic romance in every sense of the word.

Simon grows up as an adopted son with the warm-hearted Karin and her husband in a coastal house in Gothenburg, during the uncertain times before World War II. His Jewish father’s identity is hidden from him, but sensitive Simon embarks on a quest for his origins. Marianne Fredriksson, author of "Hannas Töchtern," delivers another poignant family novel.

This quietly moving story of family, friendship, and love, by the author of Hanna's Daughters , has already become an international best-seller and will no doubt capture the hearts of American readers as well. Simon Larsson is a pensive andd thoughtful boy growing up i Sweden during World War II, fortunate to be safe within a remarkably loving and cohesive community. Half Jewish, he is being raised by his Scandinavian aunt and uncle, who adopted him as their own at birth. In a novel rich in mystical overtones, his adoptive parents take on truly archetypal dimensions. Karin's deep love and compassion is matched by Erik's understated strength and stoicism, and together they create a firm family base from which 11 year-old Simon can grow and dream. But Simon, who doesn't know the story of his birth and adoption, seems set apart from his Scandinavian world by his dark hair and olive complexion, and he often retreats into fantasies to alleviate his feelings of disconnection. When he befriends Isak Lentov, a young Jewish boy from Germany, their families become close in spite of the contrast between Isak's father's religious faith and the Larssons' strictly secular Swedish socialism. These two opposing viewpoints help form a unique framework for Simon and Isak as they come of age and work toward finding meaning in their lives, and as Fredriksson explores relations between fantasy, myth, and reality. --Catherine Sias

Long after the death of Christ, Mary Magdalene is married to a silk merchant, Leonidas. She lives a quiet and harmonious life until, one day, the apostle Peter comes to the market square to preach and she slips into the crowd to hear what he has to say. She is not impressed, and wants to forget that Jesus chose death, not life with her. But she has reckoned without the apostles who persuade her to write down everything she can remember. Mary starts with her Jewish childhood and the slaughter of her family by the Romans. Running for her life, she is rescued by Leonidas who leaves her in a 'house of pleasure' where she grows into a beautiful woman. Then she meets and falls deeply in love with a young man from Nazareth - and her life changes. . . Marianne Fredriksson masterfully breathes new life into the figure of Mary Magdalene in this novel of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, seen through the eyes of the woman who loved him most.

“An uplifting family saga . . . [Marianne] Fredriksson provides a satisfyingly complex . . . chronicle of women and the burdens imposed by their family history, their gender and themselves. . . . Its message of reconciliation is transcendent.”—People Sweeping through one hundred years of Scandinavian history, this luminous story follows three generations of Swedish women—a grandmother, a mother, and a daughter—whose lives are linked through a century of great love and great loss. Resonating with truth and revelation, this moving novel deftly explores the often difficult but enduring ties between mothers and daughters, the sacrifices, compromises, and rewards in the relationships between men and women, and the patterns of emotion that repeat themselves through generations. If you have ever wanted to connect with the past, or rediscover family, Hanna's Daughters will strike a chord in your heart. . . . Praise for Hanna's Daughters “Brilliant . . . Hanna's Daughters outlines the lives of three generations of women and their complicated relationships with one another.”—USA Today “I loved Hanna's Daughters from the very first page, and I absolutely could not put it down. . . . Written with grace and wit, this novel deserves to be read, discussed, and cherished by future generations of mothers and daughters.”—Judith Guest, author of Ordinary People and Errands

Inge is tall and cool and Mira is petite and dynamic. When they meet, each is attracted by something special and different about the other. But friendships based on the attraction of opposites can be stormy, and theirs is no exception. Blonde Inge is a native of Sweden, while dark Mira has fled there to escape the living hell of Chile at the time of the military coup led by General Pinochet. They are brought together by their mutual love of plants, but this gentle pastime is soon overshadowed by the terrible legacy of Mira¿s past. It is a legacy that will reach out to touch many lives, including those of Inge and Mira¿s children. Bestselling Swedish author Marianne Fredriksson has again created a totally involving story. Written with sympathy and insight and sparkling with unexpected humour, INGE & MIRA is a deeply moving tale of lives haunted by past violence.

They meet on a spring day in the local garden center: Inge, a native Swede, lovely and refined, is a woman ruled by reason and her own deeply held moral beliefs; and Mira, a Chilean immigrant who still feels out of place in the cold Scandinavian north, and has spent far too much of her life searching for meaning.Intrigued by one another, the two women are nevertheless wary of the great cultural differences that seem to separate their lives. Yet both are single mothers devoted to their children, and both find joy and comfort in cultivating plants and flowers -- and so together, they begin to develop a close bond. Through many afternoons spent amid the beauty of Inge's garden, Mira slowly reveals the horrors of a shadowed past and the heartbreak involving her beloved daughter.As Mira and her family begin a wrenching journey of discovery, Inge unwittingly uncovers secrets in her own life that make her question the very order of her world . . . and wonder whether the truth is really what anyof them needs to find -- or if, in fact, it is the truth that will destroy them.An elegant and moving novel of time and memory, love and distance, and the wounds they create and conceal, "Two Women" is Marianne Fredriksson's most affecting work of fiction to date.

Schweden - das Land der Schären, der riesigen Seen und Wälder, das Land von Astrid Lindgren und Selma Lagerlöf. Und das Land unserer Erfolgsautorin Marianne Fredriksson. Sie entführt uns in ihren Romanen immer wieder in die Einsamkeit der schwedischen Landschaft, in kleine Dörfer, wo jeder jeden kennt, an riesige Seen, die wie das Meer ausschauen. Gehen Sie mit ihr auf eine Reise durch Schweden - entdecken Sie das unbeschreiblich schöne und eindrucksvolle Land der Marianne Fredriksson. Lassen Sie sich ihre Lieblingsplätze und -orte zeigen und tauchen Sie ein in eine Welt, die sie so kraftvoll in ihren Romanen beschrieben hat.

Flodernas och havets vatten börjar stiga. Utanför städerna bygger slammet höga berg och folket kämpar för att hålla segelledarna öppna. Några skyller på månen, andra på klimatförändringar. Teorierna är många - bara några få vet.Syndafloden är ett stort och kärleksfullt berättat epos. Vi får läsa om hur Noa och hans familj förbereder sig för det uppdrag de givits, hur de bygger arken, hur de väljer och väljer bort sina liv. Men det är också berättelsen om Noa och hans hustru Naema, om deras samspel och konflikter, om sönerna Sem, Ham och Jafet. Det är en historia om förtryck och frihet, rädsla och kärlek, ondska och godhet.

Die zehnjährige Sofia wächst in dem Küstendorf Ostmöra bei ihrer Großmutter Kerstin auf. Kerstin ist Lehrerin, während ihr Mann als Tankerkapitän monatelang die Weltmeere befährt. Sofia ist ein Kind, das sich von anderen unterscheidet. Sie hat eine lebhafte Phantasie und ein besonderes Gespür für die Gefühle und Stimmungen anderer. Als Sofia den blinden Jungen Anders kennen lernt, spürt sie eine Seelenverwandtschaft - bis ein unerhörtes Ereignis das ganze Dorf in Aufregung versetzt und die Freundschaft der Kinder einen Riss erleidet. Kerstin macht sich Sorgen. Auf einer gemeinsamen Ferienreise nach Gran Canaria eskaliert die Anspannung. Warum ist der zwölfjährige Anders so wütend auf Sofia? Und warum ist Sofia so anders als alle Gleichaltrigen? War nicht auch Sofias Mutter Klara schon ein ungewöhnlich schwieriges, wenn auch ungewöhnlich begabtes Kind? Wirkt in den beiden womöglich ein unseliges Familienerbe fort? Und warum leidet Hans Horner, Sofias Großvater, der für alle ein Fels in der Brandung ist, unter nächtlichen Albträumen? Sofia und ihre Familie müssen sich der Vergangenheit stellen. Marianne Fredriksson hat einen großen Familienund Schicksalsroman geschrieben, ein spannendes Buch voller Trost und Einsichten. Auf sensible Weise zeigt uns die Autorin des Bestsellers „Hannas Töchter“, wie fern sich Realität und ihre Wahrnehmung sein können, und reicht uns zugleich einen Schlüssel zu unseren tief verborgenen Sehnsüchten.