Asta trains as a blacksmith Erlend cares for recovering Gunnar. With few ties left to their families, they have one shot at gaining enough kroner to secure their way of life: win the village’s annual horse race.ĭespite Gunnar’s increasing misgivings, Asta and Erlend intend to prove this unheard-of arrangement will succeed. Shunning marriage for good, Asta moves with Gunnar and Erlend to their secluded cabin above town. Asta would rather spend her life performing in the village theater with her fellow outcasts: her best friend Gunnar Fuglestad and his secret boyfriend, wealthy Erlend Fournier.īut the situation takes a dire turn when Nils lashes out in jealousy-gravely injuring Gunnar.
But her mother believes she should be grateful for the possibility of any domestic future, given her single-sided deafness, unconventional appearance, and even stranger notions.
It’s 1904 on an island just west of Norway, and Asta Hedstrom doesn’t want to marry her odious betrothed, Nils. Books to Read Now The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath
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