Book description
'Wolf winter,' she said, her voice small. 'I wanted to ask about it. You know, what it is.' He was silent for a long time. 'It's the kind of winter that will remind us we are mortal,' he said. 'Mortal and alone.' Swedish Lapland, 1717. Maija, her husband Paavo and…
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This book gave me the shivers. I felt cold and claustrophobic as if I too was immersed in the remote 18th-century Swedish setting.
Along with the main character and her children, left to fend for themselves through a long, freezing winter, I sensed the wolves—both animal and human—lying in wait for me. I felt the strained relations in the small, insular community and the religious, natural, and magical forces encircling their lives.
Compelling for its mystery and the evocative descriptions of this wild, remote place.
From Julie's list on books where a mystery from the past stalks the present.
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