In this book, author Lorna Landvik picks up the story from one of her previous novels, Patty Jane's House of Curl (1995). If you haven't read Patty Jane (or like me, forgot some details over time), no fear; Landvik catches us up seamlessly. The primary focus is on Nora, a single attorney returned home to Minnesota from a stint in LA. Feeling uncertain what to do with her life, several events occur which set its course: She has a chance encounter with a French-speaking Canadian at a campsite, she gives a ride to a snarly old widow who owns a large lodge, and she accompanies her grandmother Ione to Norway. While in Norway, Nora learns that the old widow in Minnesota wants to sell her lodge to Nora at a great discount. Also in Norway, Nora meets a doctor, who is everything that she could want in a permanent relationship. However, Nora discovers she is pregnant as a result of the encounter with the Canadian, with triplets, no less! The story is loaded with other believable--and mostly lovable--protagonists (including Nora's mother, Patty Jane) and we experience their stories as well. If one could choose one's own family, this would be the one!
Monday, February 19, 2018
Once in a Blue Moon Lodge
Once in a Blue Moon Lodge by Lorna Landvik (2017), 317 pages
In this book, author Lorna Landvik picks up the story from one of her previous novels, Patty Jane's House of Curl (1995). If you haven't read Patty Jane (or like me, forgot some details over time), no fear; Landvik catches us up seamlessly. The primary focus is on Nora, a single attorney returned home to Minnesota from a stint in LA. Feeling uncertain what to do with her life, several events occur which set its course: She has a chance encounter with a French-speaking Canadian at a campsite, she gives a ride to a snarly old widow who owns a large lodge, and she accompanies her grandmother Ione to Norway. While in Norway, Nora learns that the old widow in Minnesota wants to sell her lodge to Nora at a great discount. Also in Norway, Nora meets a doctor, who is everything that she could want in a permanent relationship. However, Nora discovers she is pregnant as a result of the encounter with the Canadian, with triplets, no less! The story is loaded with other believable--and mostly lovable--protagonists (including Nora's mother, Patty Jane) and we experience their stories as well. If one could choose one's own family, this would be the one!
In this book, author Lorna Landvik picks up the story from one of her previous novels, Patty Jane's House of Curl (1995). If you haven't read Patty Jane (or like me, forgot some details over time), no fear; Landvik catches us up seamlessly. The primary focus is on Nora, a single attorney returned home to Minnesota from a stint in LA. Feeling uncertain what to do with her life, several events occur which set its course: She has a chance encounter with a French-speaking Canadian at a campsite, she gives a ride to a snarly old widow who owns a large lodge, and she accompanies her grandmother Ione to Norway. While in Norway, Nora learns that the old widow in Minnesota wants to sell her lodge to Nora at a great discount. Also in Norway, Nora meets a doctor, who is everything that she could want in a permanent relationship. However, Nora discovers she is pregnant as a result of the encounter with the Canadian, with triplets, no less! The story is loaded with other believable--and mostly lovable--protagonists (including Nora's mother, Patty Jane) and we experience their stories as well. If one could choose one's own family, this would be the one!
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