Sapmitrilogin Series by Ann-Helén Laestadius

Som nioåring blir renskötardottern Elsa vittne till hur en man dödar en av hennes renar. Hon hotas till tystnad och blir smärtsamt medveten om att hennes ursprung väcker ett glödande hat. "Stöld" är en vild och vacker jojk till renskötarlivet, men också en spännande roman om en sällan skildrad verklighet i norr. Där renar tjuvjagas och dödas brutalt och polisen inte utreder brotten. Där spänningarna mellan samer och andra bybor förgiftar generationer... moreSom nioåring blir renskötardottern Elsa vittne till hur en man dödar en av hennes renar. Hon hotas till tystnad och blir smärtsamt medveten om att hennes ursprung väcker ett glödande hat. "Stöld" är en vild och vacker jojk till renskötarlivet, men också en spännande roman om en sällan skildrad verklighet i norr. Där renar tjuvjagas och dödas brutalt och polisen inte utreder brotten. Där spänningarna mellan samer och andra bybor förgiftar generationer.Hotet mot Elsa förändrar henne för alltid och genom åren bär hon med sig ett lent renöra som en ständig påminnelse. Familjen och släkten kämpar för rättvisa men i det tysta växer en desperation.Augustprisbelönade Ann-Helén Laestadius första roman för vuxna bygger på verkliga händelser. "Stöld" är en varm men samtidigt svidande skildring av en bortglömd del av Sverige där människor ställs mot varandra. less

From the internationally bestselling author of the “extraordinary” (Fredrik Backman) novel Stolen comes a harrowing story—inspired by true events—of five Indigenous children forced to attend a government-run boarding school in 1950s Sweden, revealing the emotional scars they carry thirty years later. In the 1950s near the Arctic Circle, seven-year-olds Jon-Ante, Else-Maj, Nilsa, Marge, and Anne-Risten are taken from their families... moreFrom the internationally bestselling author of the “extraordinary” (Fredrik Backman) novel Stolen comes a harrowing story—inspired by true events—of five Indigenous children forced to attend a government-run boarding school in 1950s Sweden, revealing the emotional scars they carry thirty years later. In the 1950s near the Arctic Circle, seven-year-olds Jon-Ante, Else-Maj, Nilsa, Marge, and Anne-Risten are taken from their families. As children of Sámi reindeer herders, the Swedish state has mandated they attend a “nomad school” where they are forbidden to speak their native language. As the children visit home only sporadically, their parents know little about the abuse they face, much of it at the hands of the housemother, Rita. Those who dare to speak up are silenced. Thirty years later, the five children have chosen different paths to cope with the past. Else-Maj holds strong in her Sámi identity but has turned to religion for comfort, while Anne-Risten now goes by Anne to hide her heritage from friends. Nilsa herds reindeer like his father but harbors a lot of anger, and Jon-Ante struggles with traumatic memories from the school. Then there’s Marge, who is about to adopt a daughter from Colombia, but can’t help questioning if it’s right to take a child from her homeland. Then suddenly, housemother Rita reappears. Now an old, frail woman claiming to have God on her side, she acts like nothing ever happened. But the five former students have neither forgotten nor forgiven her. As the narrative shifts between each of their perspectives, the novel If you had the chance to punish the person who hurt you as a child, would you? Based on the author’s family story, Punished is a searing novel about loss, memory, cultural erasure, and community that vibrates with righteous rage over one nation’s greatest betrayals of its native people. less