Summer's Child

by Sherry Derr-Wille

Overview

Solveig, Anne, and Libby each grow up in a different time and place, with different values. Solveig's story begins the journey of the Jorgenson family as they immigrate from Norway and try to fit into the unfamiliar surroundings of New Oslo, Minnesota. With the arrival of their first American-born child, Anne, the Jorgenson's lives begin to unravel. An outsider in her own family for all of her life, Anne Jorgenson doesn't understand why her parents don't love her. Fame only widens the gap she feels. When her oldest brother, Karl, takes the first step toward reconciliation, Anne is guardedly receptive. It takes an accident involving Anne's daughter, Libby, to finally bring Anne back to Minnesota, in an attempt to heal past hurts and reunite a family torn apart by their differences.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781593740115
Publisher:	Whiskey Creek Press
Publication date:	06/03/2001
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	310
File size:	515 KB

About the Author

When her sophomore English teacher assigned a handful of students to write for an entire year, Sherry Derr-Wille fell in love. Since then, writing has been more than a hobby. With over twenty books to her credit, she has fourteen contracts for release dates in 2003-2005. Married for almost forty years to her high school sweetheart, she describes her husband, Bob, as a saint saying, "I doubt if a mortal man would put up the eccentricities of a writer." Along with her writing, she claims three children and eight grandchildren ranging from infants to adults. Now that her children are grown, she and Bob enjoy their empty nest and the success of her writing career. "If nothing else," Sherry often says, "I'm an overnight success after forty years." Visit Sherry Derr-Wille website here.

Read an Excerpt

"Jorgenson residence," Solveig Jorgenson answered the ringing telephone. It still annoyed her that the church council thought it necessary to install this machine in her home to interrupt her routine with its incessant ringing.

"I have a long-distance call for you, overseas," the operator said. "Can you hold?"

"Of course I can," she replied.

"Hello, Solveig," the voice on the other end of the line said.

"Yes, this is Solveig." She did not recognize the voice, and yet she knew to whom it belonged.

"This is Sven, is my brother Erik there?"

"Sven? From America?" she questioned foolishly.

"Yes, is Erik there?" He seemed only slightly annoyed with her being so hesitant about putting her husband on the line.

"Just a minute, Sven." Trembling she called Erik to the phone. "Erik, it is your brother, Sven, from America."

"Sven?" Erik questioned, glancing at the clock as he spoke into the receiver. It would be early, only eight in the morning in Minnesota.

"Yes, I called as I need to ask a favor of you."

"A favor, what favor could I possibly do for you from so far away?"

"I have just returned from the hospital. I am dying, Erik."