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I think that if we just listen to ourselves we know what it is we have to do.... And I have come o think that however much it hurts, however hard it is, we have to listen. We have to live our lives.

Linda Olsson

I lay down on the bed clasping the pictures and buried my face in the pillow in a vain attempt at silencing my sobs. But it was as if all my life's accumulated grief had finally found an outlet and was allowed to take its course. I screamed, I cried, until the grief became bearable. (174)

Linda Olsson

Like memories. You can make yourself believe that they have been erased. But they are there, if you look closely. If you have a wish to uncover them.

Linda Olsson

Linda Olsson

Linda Olsson

Born: 1948 (age 77)

Bio: Linda Olsson is a Swedish-born novelist who lives in Auckland, New Zealand. Published in 2003, her first novel Let me sing you gentle songs, an international best seller, has been translated into 15 languages. She writes in both English and Swedish.

Known for:

Let Me Sing You Gentle Songs (2005)
Sonata for Miriam (2008)
Kindness of Your Nature (2011)
The Blackbird Sings at Dusk (2016)
A Sister in My House: A Novel

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