My Father's House - Gustafson, Mona
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In the year 1910, at age twenty, Karl Artur Johan Gustafsson leaves Sweden to follow his older siblings to America. Renamed "Carl Arthur Gustafson" at Ellis Island, he begins a new life in Forestville/Bristol, Connecticut, where he falls in love with and marries Jennie Anderson. Together they build their "house," guiding their family through the rapidly changing events of the twentieth century. In this multi-layered, multiple-generational story, their third child takes her readers on a journey through WWI, the Great Depression, WWII, changing technologies, changing roles, and the tumultuous sixties and seventies.…mehr

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In the year 1910, at age twenty, Karl Artur Johan Gustafsson leaves Sweden to follow his older siblings to America. Renamed "Carl Arthur Gustafson" at Ellis Island, he begins a new life in Forestville/Bristol, Connecticut, where he falls in love with and marries Jennie Anderson. Together they build their "house," guiding their family through the rapidly changing events of the twentieth century. In this multi-layered, multiple-generational story, their third child takes her readers on a journey through WWI, the Great Depression, WWII, changing technologies, changing roles, and the tumultuous sixties and seventies.
Autorenporträt
Mona Gustafson draws on her experience as daughter, sister, wife, mother, aunt, grandmother and career psychologist to present the disarmingly honest story of her family's life and times. She is the author of several other books including When to Forgive, Forgiving One Page at a Time, and the novel Figs & Pomegranates & Special Cheeses all published over her married name, Mona Gustafson Affinito. She can be found on her web site, forgivenesoptions.com, or her blog, monagustafsonaffinito.com.