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In this moving and wholly delightful story of her own happy home life, Sigrid Undset has recreated the childhood of her children.
With quiet humor and rare, sympathetic understanding she shares with us the memories of those happy days in Norway—happy days that we feel assured will come again. As we chuckle at the pranks and escapades of her two healthy boys, or join in the excitement and fun of Christmas celebrations and family reunions, or listen to the old tales Mother loves to tell and the children love even more to listen to—so vividly has Sigrid Undset pictured the homely details of everyday life—it is hard to believe that the Undset family are not old and loving friends, and the homestead in the valley or the farm in the mountains familiar places one has known, loved, and really lived in.
In Happy Times in Norway, Madame Undset has preserved for all time a glorious picture of Norway and her loyal subjects.
JACKET AND ENDLEAF PAINTINGS BY NORMAN REEVES
TRANSLATED FROM THE NORWEGIAN BY JORAN BIRKELAND
—from the dust jacket
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