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Until We Reach Home

ISBN: 9780764204951

Title: Until We Reach Home

Author: Lynn, Austin

KDL Description:

“Leaving their homelands for America, Elin, Kirsten, and Sofia begin a long, difficult journey, where they endure the ocean voyage in steerage and detention on Ellis Island—a journey where each woman will come to understand her secret longings and the meaning of home.

Amazon Description:

Life in Sweden seems like an endless winter for three sisters after their mother’s death and father’s suicide. Elin feels the weight of responsibility for her sisters’ welfare, and when circumstances become unbearable, she writes to her relatives in Chicago, pleading for help.

Joining sixteen million other immigrants who left their homelands for America between 1890 and 1920, Elin, Kirsten, and Sofia begin the long, difficult journey. Enduring the ocean voyage in steerage and detention on Ellis Island, their story is Americas story. And in a journey fraught with hardships, each woman will come to understand her secret longings and the meaning of home.