Berlin Poplars Ragde Anne B
Berlin Poplars Ragde Anne B Just before Christmas on a farm in Northern Norway, 80-year-old Anna Neshov, matriarch of a troubled family, is taken gravely ill. Their personalities are as disparate as…
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Berlin Poplars Ragde Anne B
Just before Christmas on a farm in Northern Norway, 80-year-old Anna Neshov, matriarch of a troubled family, is taken gravely ill. Their personalities are as disparate as their careers, and tensions mount from the second they meet, climaxing over Christmas dinner when the matter of inheritance prompts the revelation of disturbing family secrets. Anne B. Her three sons have been quietly immersed in their work: one an undertaker, one a window-dresser, and the eldest running the family farm, but now they are forced to reunite for the first time in many years.
While perfectly in tune with their professions the Neshov sons as a family are little short of dysfunctional; nevertheless, the real theme of the novel is a sense of belonging. Ragde has created an engrossing dark comedy brought vividly to life through extraordinary characters. The farm itself defines this, with its power to draw
Berlin Poplars Ragde Anne B