by Birgitta Hjalmarson | Oct 16, 2024 | Journal
Prologue In the mid-fifties, in the evenings, I used to walk with Hjalmar to the lake. I was a child of ten or so, sent to the country for the summer. Hjalmar was my great-uncle; he and his brother Gustav owned Torp, a farm in Kungsäter, a small village in southwest...
by Birgitta Hjalmarson | Oct 15, 2024 | Journal
Chapter One They say when God created Sweden he began with the south, and so it became fertile and good in every way. The Devil, meanwhile, ran farther north, where he created the district of Mark. On the surface it was deceptively...
by Birgitta Hjalmarson | Oct 14, 2024 | Journal
Chapter Two Carl was not the first in line to inherit Torp. His brother August was two years older and thus the rightful heir. August, however, left for America. Thus Carl took over Torp. His sisters Mina and Augusta, as compensation, each...
