Description
Alberta Semler is a young woman trapped in the cold, suffocating routines of provincial life in Norway, where family conflict and financial pressure leave her with little room to breathe. Over the course of a single year in 1904–1905, she navigates a tense home life, clashes with her parents, and makes difficult choices—sometimes even sacrificing her own security—to keep her brother and household afloat. As she longs for a wider world and the promise of freedom, her rebellion takes shape in small acts of defiance that reveal both her vulnerability and her fierce determination. Blending semi-autobiographical realism with Cora Sandel’s sharp, unsentimental psychological insight, this first novel in a trilogy explores themes of independence, class, and the cost of self-invention.
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Published Jan 1, 1963
246 pages
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First Published
1931
Language
eng
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