by Ewa Rydaker
In the busy house of the Svennson family, everyone is getting ready for the Swedish holiday of Lucia Day, December 13. The book tells the story of Santa Lucia through the eyes of three children in modernday Sweden. It describes their giddy activities, brought to life in colorful, fullpage illustrations, and also provides sheet music, recipes, and...
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Consider Beartown by Fredrik Backman. Recommended by 2 sources.
“Reading Beartown feels intimate and steady: it settles you into a forest-bound town where an amateur hockey team becomes the lens for messy loyalties and a public scandal. The novel's useful part is its populated ensemble and knack for turning small gestures—locker-room tensions, town meetings, whispered allegiances—into escalating stakes that feel lived-in. Its main limitation is a tendency toward sentimental passages and prolonged communal debate that some readers will find repetitive. Best approached as a character-driven, morally uneasy read rather than a fast-moving plot.”
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