The Heart Echoes, Helena von Zweigbergk
The Heart Echoes, Helena von Zweigbergk
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The Heart Echoes

Author: Helena von Zweigbergk, Tiina Nunnally

Narrator: Tanya Eby

Unabridged: 11 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 09/01/2017

Categories: Fiction, Family Life, Women


Synopsis

Swedish sisters Astrid, Lena, and Sandra have struggled to get along since childhood, but when Lena is diagnosed with ovarian cancer, they are each thrown into crisis together.Astrid’s well-ordered, predictable world is shaken by the return of her ex-boyfriend Michael, an American who abandoned her—and their infant son—years earlier. While Astrid has remarried and had more children, she is suffocating under her husband’s kindness and cannot escape the pull of the past. Seeing Michael at their son’s high school graduation reawakens her grief and rage, along with more complicated and threatening emotions.Envious of Astrid’s seemingly stable life, Sandra is married to an alcoholic and drowning in debt. She turns to Lena for help at the worst possible time. Lena, fighting to stay alive, must finally confront a devastating secret she’s kept from Astrid since the summer Michael left. As the walls they’ve built between them crumble, the three sisters must try to forgive and to rebuild their shattered bonds…while there’s still time.

About Helena von Zweigbergk

Helena von Zweigbergk is a Swedish novelist, journalist, and popular radio host. Her fiction has covered subjects ranging from contemporary family drama to a crime series about a women’s pris-on chaplain. Her most recent book is a biography of the lead singer of Roxette, Marie Fredriksson, cowritten with the subject. The Heart Echoes is her first novel available in English translation.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cathy on October 03, 2017

Not a quick read This was not an easy book for me to get through. I started it once but put it aside for new books that caught my fancy. Last week I decided it was time to clean up all the unread 'orphan books in my kindle and I categorized all of them as currently being read on Goodreads thinking th......more

Goodreads review by Lynda on August 11, 2017

This was my Kindle First choice for August. It was a little slow and repetitive in places but I liked it and would definitely read this author again. Apparently she's written a lot but this is the first translated into English from the Swedish. The three sisters featured are all very different. I wa......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl on August 08, 2017

The Heart Echoes opens with Astrid, the eldest of three sisters, purchasing cheese for the family party she is hosting to celebrate Viktor's graduation from high school. She wants everything to be perfect. Unfortunately, she is far from being the perfect wife and parent she wants to be. As we meet A......more

Goodreads review by Helena on October 17, 2017

This is a heartfelt story of three sisters and long ago buried secrets. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel, especially as it was set in Stockholm in one of my 'hometowns' and favourite cities in the world!......more

Goodreads review by Katie athens on August 06, 2017

The heart echoes I really liked this book. The characters are relatable in their flaws and in their strengths. The book is written from each sisters point of view, which f for me, made it more interesting and allowed me to see each sisters version of life. The ending came to soon and abruptly for my......more