Vinter is Danish and means winter, possibly hinting that the family is of Danish descent.

The family might be related to Arnard Vinter who is buried in the local graveyard, though this is up to the player as it is not shown on the Vinter's family tree. Veronika's teenage daughter, Karen Helgason, lives with Veronika's ex-husband Lief Helgason. It consists of Tinna Vinter and her two grown-up daughters Astrid and Veronika. The Vinter family are from the downloadable neighborhood of Aurora Skies. Can Astrid shake off the negativity of the ladies in her life or is she doomed to their misery?Īstrid Vinter, Tinna Vinter, Veronika Vinter With her recent Miss Aurora Skies win and a new relationship with Gunnar Hannes, she has plenty to be happy about. Bitter about life and love, they have a negative word to say about everything while Astrid likes her life happy and healthy. The discussion questions in the back aren't bad either which is a pleasant change.Astrid gives her all to not end up like her mother or sister. Why do the women find this moment so hysterically funny How does this day, Veronika’s birthday, serve as a turning point in the novel 7. Astrid asks her young lover to kill a baby owl that has fallen out of his nest because he doesn't believe that the owl can survive.Īnyway, lots to talk about with this book. When Astrid tries on the floral swimsuit during Veronika’s birthday outing, the women burst out into laughter.

I just thought of a foreshadowing of Sara's death. There are so many parallels in this novel: both women lost their mother when young, both lost their true love, both lost babies, both are independent. Well, her death was neatly timed, but can't that happen in a novel? We disagreed about how Astrid died-did she kill herself or did she die a natural death? I had never thought of suicide but was generally outvoted. Or was it because she didn't want to see her daughter face life as a a girl and woman? Was it because she feared Sara would be sexually abused by her father as Astrid had been by hers? Was it to get back at her husband? doubtful. We agreed that it was difficult to understand why Astrid killed Sara, her child.

When we arrived at the meeting, we were greeted by Joanne's angel food cake with white icing, blueberries and strawberries. The service was lackadaisical to say the least, but the food was satisfying. I suggested IHOP (some people complained about the lack of wine) because pancakes appear in the novel. Apparently there's a Scandinavian restaurant in Chicago, but that's a little out of the way. This book takes place in Sweden and New Zealand, and our search for restaurants that served these cuisines failed. Our August book was Astrid and Veronika by Linda Olsson.

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