Description
In this first volume of a semi-autobiographical trilogy, Alberta Selmer’s life narrows to a single year—1904 to 1905—spent under the strain of a tense household and the constant friction between duty and desire. Living with her parents and helping manage the home, Alberta clashes with both authority and expectation, forced to navigate humiliation, financial pressure, and the quiet costs of keeping the peace. When a seemingly small act of responsibility spirals into consequences, her choices reveal a growing insistence on selfhood that Jacob can’t fully contain or explain. With Cora Sandel’s incisive, psychologically observant style—shaped by her painter’s eye and sharpened by decades of European literary life—this novel explores themes of family conflict, coming-of-age, moral compromise, and the first steps toward independence.
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Published Jan 1, 1965
292 pages
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First Published
1965
Language
eng
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