Fossil Island, by Barbara Sjoholm
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Fossil Island, by Barbara Sjoholm
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From the award-winning author of The Palace of the Snow Queen comes a novel about love and independence in 19th century Denmark. Inspired by the relationship between the composer Carl Nielsen and the artist and ethnographer Emilie Demant Hatt, Fossil Island tells the story of two sisters: Nik is a fourteen-year-old tomboy who spends her time fossilizing on the nearby island of Fur. Her older sister Maj is studying to be a teacher, along with her best friend, the fiery Eva Sandström. During the summer of 1887, their Aunt Marie introduces into the family a handsome young musician of twenty-two. Flirtation turns to a secret romance between Nik and Carl, as Maj weighs an engagement over her intense friendship with Eva. The following year in Copenhagen brings the sisters' lives to the crisis point as they juggle passion, jealousy, and violent events. Fossil Island is the first of two novels about Nik and Maj: its sequel, The Former World, continues their story.
Fossil Island, by Barbara Sjoholm- Amazon Sales Rank: #2466928 in Books
- Published on: 2015-09-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.50" h x .67" w x 5.51" l, .84 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 300 pages
About the Author Barbara Sjoholm is the author, as Barbara Wilson, of the PEN Award-nominated memoir Blue Windows and the editor of the recently released Steady as She Goes: Women's Adventures at Sea. Her essays and travel narratives have appeared in The American Scholar, the North American Review, the New York Times, and Smithsonian. She lives in Seattle.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Wonderful Story By A reader in Olympia This is a wonderful book. The writing is superb, the characters memorable, and the story fun but also important in terms of the themes addressed. I read Fossil Island with keen interest and attachment to the characters, especially Nik, the 14-year-old girl whose experiences growing up in 19th century Selde, Denmark, take us along the exhilarating, and also challenging, path of adolescence. From the very beginning, when Nik meets the young Carl Nielsen (later to become Denmark's most famous composer), I felt captivated by the story, which includes such distinct adventures for Nik as fossil collecting with her friends, as well as learning about classical music from the young, musical genius. Nik has just finished her basic schooling and she is wondering a bit about what to do with her life, but she is also simply experiencing her life, a lovely thing for an older reader (me) to live through once again. I think the author does such a beautiful job at describing people and creating dialogue, much of it based on true conversations for most of the characters were real people, that I felt happy to reread many passages over again.Yet, one aspect I liked even more about Fossil Island was the very important issues it addresses, all within the umbrella of great storytelling. There is the topic of women's rights in 19th century Europe and obtaining the vote and changing attitudes about what opportunities should be made available to women. There's also the emergence of the Rational Dress Society and what this means for both women and men as women begin to determine how they will see themselves, and be seen, in the world. Very importantly too is the idea of what it means to be an artist, an idea that is very much in the mind of the 22-year-old Carl Nielsen, but also in Nik's, as she begins to draw and paint and learn to really see the world she lives in. As the relationship between Nik and Carl deepens, she struggles with his affection (while also loving it--ah, that wonderful push-pull of first loves!) and a potential marriage to him that may not allow her the freedom she holds so dear.I was very sorry to come to the end of this book, but also relieved to know there is a sequel, The Former World, which I am reading, and loving, right now.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A very good read. By Amazon Customer I know the author Barbara Sjoholm. She develoed the characters very well. I'm interested in Scandinavia. I like the sequel is well
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