Dithered between 3 and 4 stars...Really enjoyed this unusual read - the scope being rural poverty in later nineteenth century Sweden through to the third generation's story from modern day Stockholm. It's a rich tale both in terms of its historical content and insight into the different generations of women, their expectations of life (and their husbands and children)whilst dealing with many of the same issues. Each story told by its own different narrator which I found slightly flawed only because the "voice" sounded exactly the same