The Sawdust House - Softcover

Lynton, H. Ronken

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1413751423 ISBN 13: 9781413751420

Publisher: America Star Books, 2005

Synopsis

When Ansgar Thoreson, a Norwegian immigrant to Minnesota in 1858, built his dream house for his wife and hoped-for children, he used sawdust to insulate it against the winds that roared across the winter prairie. Providing warmth of another kind was the small community Ansgar joined and eventually led. Accidents, weddings, Christmas celebrations, hailstorms, deaths - joyful or somber, events like these knitted the community together. Sawdust was also a metaphor for his crumbling marriage. His wife reluctantly followed him to America, but even there devoted herself exclusively to their son. When tragedy struck, their lives unfolded in ways that made difficulties also for the community. Love can take many forms, some more authentic than others. Finding which was true for him was Ansgar's challenge.

About this edition

• Publisher: America Star Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1413751423
• ISBN 13: 9781413751420
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 186