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Old Lady Number 31

Old Lady Number 31

Forsslund, Louise

Hardcover

General FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1161445668
ISBN13: 9781161445664
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: May 23 2010
Pages: 92
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.25 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Old Lady Number 31 is a novel by Swedish author Louise Forsslund. The story follows the life of an elderly woman named Elin, who lives alone in a small town in Sweden. Elin is known as Old Lady Number 31 by the locals, as she is a recluse and rarely leaves her home. However, when a young couple moves in next door, Elin's life is turned upside down. The couple, who are expecting a child, befriend Elin and she begins to open up about her past. Through flashbacks, we learn about Elin's life as a young woman and the tragic events that led to her becoming a recluse. As the story unfolds, Elin and the young couple form a close bond, and she begins to see the world in a new light. Old Lady Number 31 is a heartwarming tale of friendship, love, and redemption.Beautiful, joy-steeped, pleasure-filled days these were for the couple, who had been cramped for life's smallest necessities so many meager years. Angy felt that she had been made miraculously young by the birth of this new Abraham--almost as if at last she had been given the son for whom in her youth she had prayed with impassioned appeal. Her old-wife love became rejuvenated into a curious mixture of proud mother-love and young-wife leaning, as she saw Abe win every heart and become the center of the community.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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