Title: Astrid & Veronika
Description: A lyrical study of friendship, love, and loss chronicles the evolving relationship between Veronika, a young New Zealand writer struggling with a recent tragedy and trying to finish her novel, and Astrid, an older, reclusive neighbor who offers comfort in the form of companionship and home-cooked meals, in a debut novel set against the backdrop of small-town Sweden. Original.
Subjects: Fiction, Female friendship, New York Times reviewed, Sweden, fiction, Fiction, general, Friendship, fiction, Swedish fiction
Places: Sweden