Humle förlag – förlag

När 88-årige Emil Johansson dör ställs livet på ända för hans tre vuxna barn. Dödsfallet väcker minnen till liv och drar fram hemligheter i ljuset. Varför kan Eva-Karin bara träffa sina bröder var för sig? Varför är Hans-Emil så angelägen om att få se testamentet före sina syskon? Vad är det för minne som Erik inte riktigt kan få grepp om, men som påverkat hela hans liv? Tystnad har präglat familjen i över ett halvt sekel, men medan de förbereder faderns begravning tvingas syskonen börja prata med varandra. Finns det hopp om försoning eller har det där som hände för länge sedan satt alltför djupa spår?

Att begrava en far är en kortroman om det obändiga livet och om döden i all sin obönhörlighet.

Anna Dunér (född 1967) arbetar som bibliotekarie och har sedan författardebuten 1994 utkommit med ett 40-tal böcker för både barn och vuxna.

A historical novel about the Swedish emigration to America in the beginning of 1900s.

Alfred is only five years old when his father dies in 1890. His mother inherits the lonely and difficult task of managing their little farm in Skåne, in the southern part of Sweden. After finishing school, Alfred is trained to be a tailor in the city of Helsingborg. At the end of his apprenticeship, he is attracted by what he hears about greater opportunities in America.In 1903 Alfred convinces his brother Martin to leave the safety of Sweden for thrilling experiences and alluring places in America. Alfred is faced with dramatic turmoil in Chicago’s ethnic melting pot, he searches for gold in the Alaskan arctic and witnesses the murderous wild west coast.At the same time, Rosalie lives a much calmer and refined life as a housemaid in Connecticut. She has emigrated from a poor croft, close to where Alfred grew up, to become familiar with the environment around well-off families in New England.The Swedish Tailor and Adventurer is a historical novel, based on true events and facts. The fates of these young emigrants, Alfred and Rosalie, whose lives eventually intersect, are portrayed in a century that was young and optimistic.

For many years, the Swedish author Rolf Johansson has conducted family and history research focusing on the decades around the turn of the 20th century. He has compiled a historical novel based on ancestral emigration adventure by studying authentic American letters and traveling around America in his main characters’ footsteps.

"The book is a real page-turner and gives so much to the reader. Historical facts that are presented before each chapter and photos of the main characters and their interactions, enhance the storyline. I read Moberg's four books on Emigration once in a while and it's now over 20 years ago ... But I still remember the joy and inspiration that existed between pages of those books. Finally, I've found a book that gives me that feeling all over again!" (MyLovedBooks, Instagram) 

This novel was originally published in Swedish as "Skärddare och Äventyrare".All proceeds from this e-book go in full to the Swedish Cancer Society.