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Hanna's Daughters
ISBN-13: 9780345426642
ISBN-10: 0345426649
Publication Date: 8/11/1998
Pages: 352
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 17 ratings
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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Bernelli avatar reviewed Hanna's Daughters on + 266 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 10
This was a book club choice. I thought it was an interesting look at relationships and struggles of a hard life. Personally, I found it to be a slow moving story.
mommytsunami avatar reviewed Hanna's Daughters on
Helpful Score: 7
Beautifully written book chronicling the lives of three women, beginning in the 19th century Sweden. First the grandmother, then the daughter, then the grandaughter. Each section is in the voice of the woman telling the story, some in first person, some in third. The story itself was touching and emotional.
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Helpful Score: 4
100 years of Scandinavian history. One thing that always amazes me about books like this is how much can change in the world from the time a grandmother is born til her grandchild is born.
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Helpful Score: 4
Enchanting!
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Helpful Score: 4
Wonderful story of several generations of a Scandinavian family. All very different women whose stories really draw you in.
tish avatar reviewed Hanna's Daughters on + 384 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
a difficult read but once you get thru it you will be glad you did.
knittymama avatar reviewed Hanna's Daughters on + 424 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Started off slow, then got interesting, then slowed down again.
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Helpful Score: 3
Good mother/daughter story that covers a lot of the angst involved.
cathyjean avatar reviewed Hanna's Daughters on + 18 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Never made it half way through
jazzysmom avatar reviewed Hanna's Daughters on + 907 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Beautiful story about three generations of women in a family. It is wonderfuly written, one that will draw you in. If you like family, generation differences and stories of love, faith, and hope you will find it hard to put this book down. You will see each woman as a different person, and then as almost the same as they grow older, Each have loved, hated are restless, cry and care for their families. Very touching story.
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Helpful Score: 1
It starts a bit slow but if you keep reading it gets better and the closer you get to finishing it, you don't want it to end. Overall it was an okay book, a book I'm glad I read but probably won't read again and again.
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Loved this book! Lots of interesting cultural information and was just a good book about 3 generations of Norweigan women.
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it was different and was well written
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"Brilliant...Hanna's Daughters outlines the lives of three generations of women and their complicated relationships with one another." - USA Today
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I didn't want it to end:( I was touched by their story...

Sweeping through one hundred years of Scandinavian history, this luminous story follows three generations of Swedish women--a grandmother, a mother, and a daughter--whose lives are linked through a century of great love and great loss. Resonating with truth and revelation, this moving novel deftly explores the often difficult but enduring ties between mothers and daughters, the sacrifices, compromises, and rewards in the relationships between men and women, and the patterns of emotion that repeat themselves through generations. If you have ever wanted to connect with the past, or rediscover family, Hanna's Daughters will strike a chord in your heart. . . .
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Sweeping through one hundred years of Scandinavian history, this luminous story follows three generations of Swedish women whose lives are linked through a century of great love and great loss. USA Today says, " Brilliant...Hanna's Daughters outlines the lives of three generations of women and their complicated relationships with one another."
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I read it but don't really remember it.