

(Mary McGarry Morris, author of The Lost Mother and Songs in Ordinary Time ), Linda Olsson evokes, with great beauty and precision, the landscape of a friendship between two very different women, each caught in a tragic moment from the past. A dreamlike evocation of the power of friendship. (Kim Edwards) Beautiful and deeply affecting. Their connection, initially as tentative and fragile as the first filaments of ice, gradually strengthens, allowing each woman to give voice to her stories, and in doing so to reclaim "a heart for beauty." Subtle, penetrating, and beautifully written, Astrid and Veronika affirms the power of narrative to transform. ( The Dominion Post, New Zealand) Linda Olsson evokes, with great beauty and precision, the landscape of a friendship between two very different women, each caught in a tragic moment from the past.

This a subtle but powerful novel, tender and poignant.

gradually revealing their grief and loss. ( Canvas, New Zealand) Linda Olsson unravels. (Kim Edwards), Not only impossible to put down, but impossible to forget. Their connection, initially as tentative and fragile as the first filaments of ice, gradually strengthens, allowing each woman to give voice to her stories, and in doing so to reclaim a heart for beauty.” Subtle, penetrating, and beautifully written, Astrid and Veronikaaffirms the power of narrative to transform. ("The Dominion Post," New Zealand), Linda Olsson evokes, with great beauty and precision, the landscape of a friendship between two very different women, each caught in a tragic moment from the past. (The Dominion Post, New Zealand), Linda Olsson unravels.
