The Strawberry Girl
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The Strawberry Girl

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Summer 1893. In a small Norwegian fishing village, local girl Johanne dutifully gathers berries for tourists and poses barefoot for painters as ‘The Strawberry Girl’.When Johanne becomes a maid for the wealthy Ihlen family, their wayward daughter recruits her as a go-between in her pursuit of the controversial painter Edvard Munch. But when she is asked to hide more than just secrets, Johanne must decide whether to take the risk…

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Weight 0.268 kg
Dimensions 2.1 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
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Format

Paperback
Language

Pages

336
Publisher

Year Published

2017-6-15
Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

178470217X
About The Author

Lisa Strømme was born in Yorkshire in 1973, and studied at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. She lives with her Norwegian husband and their two children close to Åsgårdstrand, the coastal village where Edvard Munch had a summer home, and which provided the setting for The Strawberry Girl. The Strawberry Girl is her first novel.
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A tale of lost innocence, the power of art and the pain of love
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Bewitching debut novel… It’s a vivid, intoxicating blend of fact and fiction, desire and creativity. If you’re passionate about art, you’ll love it – and if you didn’t think you were remotely interested in it, you will be by the end of it

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