Honoring Anna, Douglas Hoff
Honoring Anna, Douglas Hoff
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Honoring Anna

Author: Douglas Hoff

Narrator: Angie Hickman

Unabridged: 9 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 03/27/2018


Synopsis

Even at the tender age of nine, Anna Ingevich knows her life will never be the same when her mom, Karin, dies at the age of thirty. Anna’s father, Bjorn, is a hard man—but that is what living in Norway requires. Life does not get any easier for her when he marries Marion, who already has three children of her own. As the days go on, she begins to ask herself one question, over and over: “How do I escape Norway and get to America?” Iver Olson loves his family in Norway, but as a boy at the docks, he begins to hear about a faraway paradise called America. A land of milk and honey, they say, where farm ground was so abundant that the government just gave it away. He knows he must go there. Rasmus Johnson was born to love wood and to create not just homes or pieces of furniture, but works of art and family heirlooms. As a young man, he falls in love with his childhood friend and sweetheart, and tells her of his dream to start a new life in America. Follow three Norwegian immigrants circa 1900 on their journeys of love, courage, and honor in Honoring Anna.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cheryl on October 17, 2019

This book is bases on the really life of Anna and Iver. They came to America from Norway ,separately and meet in South Dakota. The story of their trip on the ship and how they both got to South Dakota. It was interesting to read about what they went through on the ship and their live on the Prairie.......more

Goodreads review by Helen Gaye on January 29, 2023

This is based on a real-life story of the author’s wife’s ancestors in the early 1900’s. I initially took the book’s title to mean it was written to honor Anna’s life but by the end I saw that it could also mean the honorable behavior of these immigrants, and one in particular who honors a promise t......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on October 22, 2019

I loved this story about Norwegian immigrants and their new life in America, and knowing this story is based on real people makes it even more special. Definitely want to read the next book about Anna!......more

Goodreads review by Denis Winsness on March 12, 2020

As a descendant of Norwegian, and Swedish immigrants of the same time period, it was wonderful reading and I highly recommend it!......more

Goodreads review by Crystal on May 27, 2023

What an incredible true life voyage and story of Anna's travels from Norway to America. I am so excited to read book 2 the winds of time to see how her life unfolds. I had the great honor of meeting the author of these 2 books and the passion he held for writing this history of his wife's grandmothe......more