Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm |
Summary |
"What do you do when it feels impossible to live up to everything expected of you? When the only person who understands you disappears? When you are young and long for something that seems out of reach? Berta dreams of being an artist, but as a girl growing up in a small Swedish farming village in the 1920s, she has little hope. She finds solace in nature, and in drawing and shaping birds from clay for her mother, the only person who seems to truly understand her. When her mother succumbs to tuberculosis, Berta feels alone, in despair and even more burdened by all the work on the farm. Can she find the courage to defy her father and the social conventions of her time, and fly free? This beautifully illustrated novel in verse, inspired by the paintings, letters and diaries of Swedish artist Berta Hansson (1910-1994), is a universal story of grief, longing and following your dreams. Includes an afterword by journalist Alexandra Sundqvist."-- Provided by publisher. |
Form |
Issued also in electronic formats. |
Summary |
Translation of: Fågeln i mig flyger vart den vill. |
Subject |
Hansson, Berta, 1910-1994 -- Juvenile fiction.
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Hansson, Berta, 1910-1994. (OCoLC)fst01757054
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Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Added Author |
Epstein, B. J., 1979- translator.
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Sundqvist, Alexandra, 1986- writer of afterword.
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Added Title |
Fågeln i mig flyger vart den vill. English
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Other Form: |
Online version: Lundberg, Sara. Fågeln i mig flyger vart den vill. English. Bird in me flies. Toronto ; Berkeley : Groundwood Books : House of Anansi Press, 2020 1773062611 9781773062617 (OCoLC)1110702586 |
ISBN |
9781773062600 (hardcover) |
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1773062603 (hardcover) |
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