Stockholm Landmarks – serie
The resilient ladies of the luxury store
288 kr
Kommande
Stockholm, 1912 — the threat of a world war rumbles on the horizon.
But Joseph Sachs has made up his mind — he shall build the most luxurious department store in all of Northern Europe: Nordiska Kompaniet.
Märta's joy over the new department store swiftly turns to fear when her German fiancé returns home to defend his country. How will he manage? How will she manage? Her friends Torun, Beda, Ottilia, and Karolina comfort her as best they can. But Torun is also harbouring a very private heartache of her own.
Meanwhile, at the magnificent NK store, new bonds are being forged behind the scenes. The talented seamstresses in the French Couture Atelier — who hear the most tantalising rumours — work and gossip with equal diligence. Ellen Sachs ensures that Maria, the shy new head cashier, becomes one of the gang, and soon they are joined by young Victoria Ekman, who wants nothing more than to leave her boring country life for the bustle of the big city.
Over the course of fifteen years, NK and its women share triumphs and setbacks alike, in the luxury store where the customer is king — and the King is a customer.
Based on Nordiska Kompaniet’s own archives, The Resilient Ladies of the Luxury Store is a warm tale of friendship between the women who must soldier on through dark and dramatic times. It is the second installment in Ruth Kvarnström-Jones' international bestselling series Stockholm Landmarks.
The sisters of queen Sophia's hospital
288 kr
Kommande
The Royal Palace, Stockholm, 1883.
Queen Sophia gathers her closest confidantes for a secret meeting. In a country where squalor and filth breed epidemics, and the risk of infection in hospitals runs high, something must be done, and the Queen wants to found a school of nursing in Florence Nightingale-style. Not everyone will be suited to the task: the future nurses must be educated, unmarried, and God-fearing — they must be driven by a true calling to care for their fellow human beings.
Charlotte, Gerda, Ragnhild, and Vera are the first four to move into the new nurses’ home. Tending to the sick and injured is demanding, dirty and difficult work. During their long days at the hospital, they encounter the suspicion and distrust of many male doctors — but also the gratitude of their patients. In alliance, the knowledge-hungry quartet grows stronger. They share joy and sorrow, hope and despair, and a lifelong friendship takes root.
These first four Sophia Sisters are followed by many more. As the years pass, the Queen realises that she needs a hospital of her own; one that can offer the very best of care. She founds Sophiahemmet — the hospital that, to this day, rests on the foundation she once laid.
Based on Sophiahemmet’s own archives, The Sisters of Queen Sophia's Hospital is the story of the women who, in an age of great medical discovery and progress, paved the way for a new profession and dared to claim their place in a man's world. It is the third standalone installment in Ruth Kvarnström-Jones’ international bestselling series Stockholm Landmarks.