Chapter 7

Chapter 7

THE LESS THEY KNEW THE BETTER      In 1896, when Anna was seven years old, she started school. Paulina was her teacher in the early years. A sparrow of a woman, Paulina had a thin, wrinkled neck, set off by a starched, oversized collar pinched...
Chapter 8

Chapter 8

MODERN WOMEN DON’T LIKE TO MILK Ardennes Stallion      Fredrik Lundgren was a man with a firm handshake.  Villagers remember him as purposeful and trustworthy, fired by new ideas in farming and economics. “Lundgren was not like the rest...
Chapter 9

Chapter 9

THE HAPPIEST MOMENT OF HIS LIFE Adolf and Beatrice      Anna and her sister Ida used to take the train to Varberg. They would stand on the open platform of the last car, thrilled by the wind and the speed. Rows of haystacks receded into the...