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**SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX FILM** **THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER** 'Written with heart and great appeal' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A coming-of-age-story to be loved everywhere in the world' FREDRIK BACKMAN, author of A MAN CALLED OVE 'Has struck a chord worldwide' NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ___________________________________________ The international sensation: the story…

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1 author picked Stolen as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This novel had to go to the top of my list because it’s brilliant and delivered through an indigenous perspective.

Authored by the Swedish Sámi journalist Ann-Helén Laestadius, the book tells a story–based on real eventsinvolving reindeer, an essential part of culture and identity for many Sámi. It takes place in a part of the world where I spent many years, Sápmi, which is the Sámi region that contains parts of, and predates, the modern borders of Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula of Russia.

Laestadius brings a compelling voice to the still prevalent issue of prejudice…

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