false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173410593m/285064.jpg 285064 15 A smash hit in its native Sweden, Majgull Axelsson's second novel, <I>April Witch</I>, is both a fantastic and earthbound story of memory and regret. Desiree Johansson is born with a variety of birth defects into Sweden's welfare state of the 1950s. Abandoned by her mother, Ella, to a life of institutions, Desiree ends up at age 50 wracked with pain and seizures, unable to walk or speak, and grieving over the imminent death of a doctor she loves. But Desiree is also an April witch, strong-willed within her bodily prison, and able to track, psychically, the movements of three women who were raised by Ella as foster children. Full of envy and contempt, Desiree comes to see the world through the eyes of her stepsisters, each of whom has endured fortune's extremes. This far-fetched tale is nicely balanced by veteran journalist Axelsson's talent for suspense, grit, and criticism of mid-20th century conformity. Axelsson's prose is crisp and penetrating, a perfect voice for a novel whose characters' inner lives are monitored, revealed vicariously. <I>--Tom Keogh</I> 516611 1997 April Witch: A Novel total:162|5:36|4:44|3:56|2:17|1:9| 162 567 244 26 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 15 10:02:06 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 10:02:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 08:21:46 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 07:40:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Oct 28 18:35:37 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 18:37:43 -0700 2009 3 1 false false Thu May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 11:06:03 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 12:26:16 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Wed Nov 26 19:48:35 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 19:49:27 -0800 2008 1 I read this book some years ago and have never forgotten it.]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Sep 04 19:27:52 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 20:07:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sat Jul 11 20:24:49 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 20:28:02 -0700 2009 0 0 true false Mon Sep 14 19:51:57 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 18:53:00 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Jun 10 15:46:20 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 10 15:50:43 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun May 27 09:20:46 -0700 2007 Sun May 27 09:21:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 14:05:16 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 14:08:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Mar 05 11:21:32 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 11:22:30 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sat Mar 08 17:44:15 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 17:44:15 -0800 2008 1 0 false false Wed Aug 15 12:21:23 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 11:55:53 -0700 2007 1 0 true false Wed Jul 04 00:54:21 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 04 00:56:17 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sun Jan 25 07:53:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jul 29 07:39:28 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jul 18 14:38:12 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 14:38:39 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Wed May 14 21:35:11 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 28 02:52:00 -0700 2009 One of my sisters stole my life. I want to know which one

Very good and thrilling story. I like it.

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