{"product_id":"nikolais-fortune-solveig-torvik-9780295999883","title":"Nikolai's Fortune","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs a child, Solveig Torvik heard stories of a lost, mysterious great-grandfather who left Finland for America to make his fortune - leaving Torvik's great-grandmother and his unborn daughter behind. As a reporter, Torvik determined to discover the fate of the man who followed his dreams to Oregon. She uncovered not only the story of one man, but also the saga of an entire family. In \u003ci\u003eNikolai's Fortune\u003c\/i\u003e, a tale of Scandinavian women, the journalist turns fact into fiction and shares the tales of her ancestors as she imagines they would have told them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNikolai's Fortune\u003c\/i\u003e is a heartbreaking, multigenerational epic, chronicling family secrets and sufferings against the backdrop of Scandinavian history and culture. Blending memoir and historical fiction, grandmother, mother, and daughter each share their own story: Kaisa, of her mother's love for Nikolai and her own 500-mile trek at the age of twelve from impoverished Finland across the snowy mountains of Lapland; Berit, of child slavery and an obsession with seeking out her grandfather's fortune for her mother; and Hannah, the voice of Torvik, of her childhood during the Nazi occupation of Norway and her family's emigration to Idaho.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough detailed historical research into census, church, and weather records, as well as academic and museum sources, Torvik recaptures a dramatic story nearly lost to memory and inherits something worth more than a fortune in riches - a sense of her family history, ethnic background, and the generations of remarkable women who came before her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNorwegian-born \u003cb\u003eSolveig Torvik \u003c\/b\u003ewas a reporter, editor, and columnist at the \u003ci\u003eSeattle Post-Intelligencer\u003c\/i\u003e for thirty years. She was also a reporter for \u003ci\u003eUnited Press International\u003c\/i\u003e in Salt Lake City and for the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, and an editor at the \u003ci\u003eSan Jose Mercury News.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Solveig Torvik\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0295999888\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295999883\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Solveig Torvik","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48443329478911,"sku":"9780295999883","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f9b094b1-e8b3-4c1f-9b13-f94f18905fe7.jpg?v=1777204780","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nikolais-fortune-solveig-torvik-9780295999883","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}