- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Orion; New edition edition
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0752849409
- ISBN-13: 978-0752849409
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 281 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,321,247 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Not always easy to follow, but worth the effort.,
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This review is from: Hanna's Daughters (Ballantine Reader's Circle) (Paperback)
There's a lot going on in Hanna's Daughters, and there's a lot of ground covered, and there are a lot of characters (and the fact that some of them have identical names makes it even more confusing). Sometimes all this makes for slow going, but it's worth the effort. In short, it's a family saga, a history of the women in one Swedish family moving through the history of Europe over a span of nearly a century.Multi-layered, full of secrets, harsh truths, resentment and bitterness over the decades, it's worth the trouble it takes to plough through it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Hey Stinky,
By Stephanie Svanfeldt (Marin County, CA. USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hanna's Daughters (Ballantine Reader's Circle) (Paperback)
Funny how true the saying "Like mother like daughter" comes to life in this emotional and inspiring novel, Hanna's Daughters, by Marianne Fredriksson. Three generations of women are portrayed through family lives and a changing society. It is fascinating how the grandmother's lifestyle differed from the grandaughter's although still sharing a common thread. Love and loss, becoming strong though sacrifices, yielding to men and the hardships of running a household are constant themes.The novel also focused on the many complexities facing the families. A few examples are abusive and alcoholic fathers and husbands and unfaithful fathers and husbands. I was impressed with the way the author structured the sequencing of stories around each of the women. She used past letters, dreams, and flashbacks to compare and to contrast the duaghter's lives. One that I enjoyed was about Broman and his love for his daughter, Johanna. I was able to parallel it back to Johanna's dream about going to the cave when she was a child. She was not cold because she was able to cuddle with her father. Such connections in the book made me eager to read on to uncover others. Throughout the course of the book similarities between the women's lives began to appear. Hanna's mother, Hanna, Johanna, and her daughter Anna had the emotional bond of child loss. They experienced the heartbreak of children dying in famine, of suicide, abortion and infant death. Another commonality was the struggle of Hanna and Anna as single mothers after the divorce or death of their husbands. Hanna's Daughters was an incredibly moving portrayal of the relationship between mothers and daughters, their love bond and the hardship that goes along with this love. There are the emotions of guilt and heartache that go hand in hand, even in a sometimes twisted and difficult bond that exists between mothers and daughters. Along with these heart wrenching experiences the author demonstrates how fulfilling a relationship between a mother and daughter can be.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Women's saga,
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This review is from: Hanna's Daughters (Ballantine Reader's Circle) (Paperback)
Hanna's Daughters is a tale spanning three generation's of a Swedish family. It is told by Anna, who in a last ditch effort to understand her mother, gathers letter, diaries, and journals to read about her mother and grandmother's life. The story is told through a series of flashbacks with can be disconcerting until you catch the rhythm of the story. The life of the three women revolves around mother-daughter relationships and the path our lives take as a result of the decisions we make. Each woman struggles with similar heartbreaks (although they don't always know what the other one is/has gone through) They struggle with marriage, children, death, and finding ones self worth in a sometimes harsh world. While I enjoyed the story (possibly due to my Swedish heritage!) I still felt the story plodded in some sections so I only gave it a three star rating.
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