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Julie Catterson Lindahl is an author, columnist and social entrepreneur living in Sweden. In 2000 she and her husband decided to take a temporary break from their safe, urban existence to try life with their young twins on an island in the Nordic wilderness. This one-year experiment became a decade of learning and survival together. No stranger to new experiences, Lindahl has lived in ten countries on three continents and worked in many more. In "Rose in the Sand" she embarks on a new kind of journey: the inner journey to knowing oneself. Lindahl has a B.A. in English Literature from Wellesley College, an M.Phil. in International Relations from Oxford University and is a Fulbright Scholar. Lindahl is also author of "On My Swedish Island: Discovering the Secrets of Scandinavian Wellbeing" (Tarcher Penguin, 2005), and "Letters from the Island" (Senten.se, 2010). Learn more about Julie Catterson Lindahl at www.julielindahl.com.
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Couldn't put this book down!
29 Jun 2011
By Evelyn
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Format:Paperback
Comedy, drama, action, adventure, insight, reflection...meaning! These elements are so skillfully woven into Julie Lindahl's story of moving from a "successful life" to an "outpost of civilization". In a life filled so many "to dos" this book offers anyone the experience of being transported to a place where one can pause to find perspective and relevance. Julie so generously shares her insecurities born from externally imposed expectations from birth family, profession and an urban "successful" way of life. She shows us that there is another way which involves pausing, studying our self perception, laughing at ourselves and choosing a deliberate way of defining and embracing who we really are.
Her hilarious accounts of Matts, the non musically inclined electrician, rowing his mother's piano across the lake, to Vendella's inspired thought to transport large amounts of cement for plant pot making, underscore Lindahls very important message -- self worth and accomplishment can come in the form of the strangest endeavours...and no endeavour's worthiness should be judged by another.
This is simply a MUST READ...over and over again for the gems that nestle in this book.
Her hilarious accounts of Matts, the non musically inclined electrician, rowing his mother's piano across the lake, to Vendella's inspired thought to transport large amounts of cement for plant pot making, underscore Lindahls very important message -- self worth and accomplishment can come in the form of the strangest endeavours...and no endeavour's worthiness should be judged by another.
This is simply a MUST READ...over and over again for the gems that nestle in this book.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Rose in the Sand by Julie Catterson Lindahl
3 July 2011
By Ilmas Futehally
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
"Rose in the Sand by Julie Catterson Lindahl
Review by Sundeep Waslekar
Reading Julie Lindahl's Rose in the Sand is not like reading a book at all. It is like listening to soothing music, or watching an elegant movie or even more so, feeling like you are part of the movie. This is not a book with a plot where you are anxious to know about the next chapter. The beauty, tension, drama is in this chapter, on this page, in this line, in this word. The author's skill with words and her vivid descriptions of everyday life make the book real. Lindahl's stories about mushroom pickers group, bee harvesting, planting a rose garden, joining the mid-summer festivities make you want to be there. Her affection for Claes, who comes across as the real hero in this book without a plot, is touching. It reveals that romance is about hundreds of daily humdrum things, and not as much about candlelight dinners and glasses of wine. She also describes tough challenges of life on an island, when her boat is about to sink and claw prints of a strange animal makes her worried about her children's life, and many dramatic less events. Freezing of water can be a tough challenge when no help is available but it can also be a family union in bathroom. The book is not about the author's personal experiences alone. Well, at the surface it appears to be. But beneath the surface, it exposes the new consciousness that is growing in parts of Europe. If you have not read this book, you are missing something in life.
Review by Sundeep Waslekar
Reading Julie Lindahl's Rose in the Sand is not like reading a book at all. It is like listening to soothing music, or watching an elegant movie or even more so, feeling like you are part of the movie. This is not a book with a plot where you are anxious to know about the next chapter. The beauty, tension, drama is in this chapter, on this page, in this line, in this word. The author's skill with words and her vivid descriptions of everyday life make the book real. Lindahl's stories about mushroom pickers group, bee harvesting, planting a rose garden, joining the mid-summer festivities make you want to be there. Her affection for Claes, who comes across as the real hero in this book without a plot, is touching. It reveals that romance is about hundreds of daily humdrum things, and not as much about candlelight dinners and glasses of wine. She also describes tough challenges of life on an island, when her boat is about to sink and claw prints of a strange animal makes her worried about her children's life, and many dramatic less events. Freezing of water can be a tough challenge when no help is available but it can also be a family union in bathroom. The book is not about the author's personal experiences alone. Well, at the surface it appears to be. But beneath the surface, it exposes the new consciousness that is growing in parts of Europe. If you have not read this book, you are missing something in life.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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A Terrific Read!
1 July 2011
By Arshad Jamil
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Format:Paperback
Nobody writes about the Swedish islands and the life that exists on (and inside them) through the seasons better than Julie Lindhal. I know it is a bad analogy but she does for Stockholm archipelago what Peter Mayle did for Provence!!!
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