{"product_id":"a-blessed-child-paperback","title":"A Blessed Child - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLinn Ullmann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Blessed Child\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis a haunting parable of innocence lost from the internationally acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eGrace \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eStella Descending.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery summer Isak L venstad gathers his three daughters by different wives to the windswept Baltic island of Hammars . Here Erika, Laura, and Molly find a sense of family and friendship, although nothing can match Erika's connection to the rebellious misfit Ragnar. But when an act of senseless cruelty separates them forever--and drives the sisters from the island in shame and regret--they must leave childhood and their growing relationships behind. Now, twenty-five years later, they return to visit their ailing father and confront the specter of that awful summer.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinn Ullmann is a graduate of New York University, where she studied English literature and began work on a Ph.D. She returned to her native Oslo in 1990 to pursue a career in journalism. A prominent literary critic, she also writes a column for Norway's leading morning newspaper. She lives in Oslo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 11, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41730618916999,"sku":"9780307277817","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/7e609a1b2eb0ce1ddfaa950e1c083d26.webp?v=1734095706","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/a-blessed-child-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}