When must we break the rules? What happens when the price is too high?

Anna’s voice will keep you reading, so close as it speaks to us from the past. So will the voices of the villagers, colorful characters all, as they condemn her for wanting a child she had no right to have.

“Turning to fiction, she drew on memories of her native Sweden, where she spent her childhood summers in a village much like the one we encounter in Fylgia.”

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Sam Law’s Interview on Fylgia and More

Dec, 2018

Journal by Birgitta Hjalmarson Sam Law, of It's Good to Read, published this interview in November, 2018. Please, give us a little more about the person behind the book:Born in Sweden, I’ve spent the better part of my life in the US. I came to...

The Historical Novels Review of Fylgia

Nov, 2018

Journal by Birgitta Hjalmarson Fylgia WRITTEN BY BIRGITTA HJALMARSON REVIEW BY VIVIANE CRYSTAL Anna is a proud, intelligent older woman recounting her life in the dark, serious atmosphere of Sweden. Her story begins in the time just preceding...

Rilke in Sweden, Summer of 1904

Oct, 2018

Rainer Maria Rilke was in his late twenties when he wrote Ellen Key from Rome, complaining about the “galloping spring.” Two years earlier, in 1901, he had married Clara Westhoff, a sculptress, with whom he now had a daughter. He longed for the north, for distances...