Once In A Blue Moon Lodge, Lorna Landvik
Once In A Blue Moon Lodge, Lorna Landvik
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Once In A Blue Moon Lodge
A Novel

Author: Lorna Landvik

Narrator: Ann Marie Lee

Unabridged: 12 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/18/2017

Categories: Fiction, Family Life


Synopsis

Set adrift when her mother sells the salon that has been a neighborhood institution for decades, Nora Rolvaag takes a camping trip, intending to do nothing more than roast marshmallows over an open fire and under a starry sky. Two chance encounters, however, will have enormous consequences, and her getaway turns out to be more of a retreat from her daily life than she ever imagined. But Nora is the do-or-die-trying daughter of Patty Jane, who now must embrace the House of Curl's slogan: "Expect the Unexpected."

With her trademark wit and warmth, Lorna Landvik follows Nora and an ever-growing cast of characters between city and wooded retreat, Minnesota and Norway, a past that's secret and a future that's promising, but uncertain. Responding to a mysterious letter with a Norwegian postmark, Nora's grandmother Ione travels to her native land to tend to a dying cousin and her husband—two people who played a painful, pivotal role in her past. Nora accompanies her and is surprised by her grandmother's long-ago love story—but even more surprised by the beginning of her own.

About Lorna Landvik

Lorna Landvik is the author of twelve novels, including the bestselling Patty Jane's House of Curl, Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons, Oh My Stars, Best to Laugh, and Once in a Blue Moon Lodge. She has performed stand-up and improvisational comedy around the country and is a public speaker, playwright, and actor most recently in the one-woman, all-improvised show Party in the Rec Room. She lives in Minneapolis.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Always on August 21, 2018

Spoilers ahead probably. Nora's mother sells her salon which had been an informal meeting place around the neighborhood leading Nora feeling unmoored. Nora goes off to stay at a lodge where after a one night stand she finds herself pregnant. I don't really know how to relate the details for the rest......more

Goodreads review by Louise on March 20, 2017

When her mother sells the salon that has been a neighbourhood institution for years, Nora Rolvaag goes off on a camping trip. With the intention of doing no more than roasting marshmallows round an open fire. However two chance consequences and her get away turns out to be a retreat from her daily l......more

Goodreads review by Chandra on April 13, 2017

Nora has a one-night stand on a camping trip which results in getting pregnant with triplets. Say what? Ok, you snagged me, Lorna! Before she learns of her impending trio of baby fun, she accompanies her grandma to Norway, unfolding the story of Ione. A chance encounter with an eccentric lady has No......more

Goodreads review by Oreoandlucy on April 14, 2017

A more complete review is available on my blog: [URL not allowed] This was a sweet story, very reminiscent of chick-lit, and I enjoyed the characters. Ione is an outspoken, cinnamon bun baking grandma that has something to teach each and every one of her family members. Patty Ja......more