Hanna's Daughters by Fredriksson, Marianne; Tate, Joan (Translator) - 1998

New York: Ballantine Books. Fine in Very Good dust jacket 1998. Hardcover. Marfree, acidfree later prtg; not written-in, remainder, reprint or ex-lib. Fine/VG+ mail SAMEDAY! Booklist: Despite occasionally overbearing feminism, this Scandinavian story of a century of sweeping changes believably characterizes three generations of a family while keeping the drama intimate enough for readers to empathize. Hanna is born in the late 1800s, when women were still ostracized for bearing children conceived during rape, as she does at age 13--a son, Ragnar. A much older, philosophical miller marries her, and they beget Johanna. Ragnar's business thrives, and the family moves to the city, where Johanna works in a shop. At a socialist rally, she meets Arne, a shipbuilder whom she marries for love not sustenance. Their daughter, Anna, is the one weaving these stories from her ancestors' journals, diaries, and letters, trying to understand her dying mother. Anna is an academic who married a jet-setting journalist after undergoing an abortion. Those decisions dramatize the progression of women'; 9.57x6.45x1.25 in. 1.30 lbs.; 345 pages .