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The
2007 Award
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Let Me Sing You Gentle Songs by Linda Olsson
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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a wintry landscape in the Swedish countryside, the paths of two women cross. One bleak March evening Veronika, a young writer, arrives in a small village in pursuit of stillness and solitude to enable her to come to terms with grief and loss, and to complete a novel. Her arrival is silently observed by Astrid, her elderly, reclusive neighbour, who in the safety of her home guards dark family secrets and personal tragedy. As the icy winter gives way to spring, the two women are drawn together. Against a backdrop of changing seasons, they embark on a tender and unusual friendship. What happens will change the lives of both women for ever. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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Linda Olsson was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She has numerous degrees and used to work in banking and finance. She completed the University of Auckland writing course under Witi Ihimaera and Stephanie Johnson in 2004. In 2003 she won the coveted Sunday Star-Times short story competition. |
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