Publication date of Vera – Anne Swärd’s new literary novel!

Today, September 1st marks the publication date of this fall’s great literary novel: Vera by Anne Swärd.

Anne, who’s last novel Breathless (2010) was highly acclaimed and sold to sixteen countries, tells the tale of young Sandrine who arrives in Sweden at the end of World War II.

Under false names, young Sandrine comes from the darkness of war into a sun-drenched retardation in Sweden. The year is 1945. Her only baggage is a child she’s planning to get rid of, and a secret she’s prepared to do anything to keep.

Seven months later she is getting married on an island far out in the archipelago. Female Counselor Ivan Ceder has applied for an exemption for his bride-to-be, the not yet legal Sandrine. Background: Unknown. Seventeen years old, with death behind her and life in front of her?

By saying yes to Ivan, Sandrine marries into a strange world: the great upper-class Ceder family. During the wedding night, a dangerous snowstorm enters the archipelago and the whole party is trapped on the island. It is as if this night foretells how the rest of the marriage will develop – an ice cold mesallians built on secrets, lies and fears.

Vera is Anne Swärd’s fourth novel, about flight and survival, about mothers and daughters; about guilt and love that carry on for generations.

Available now in Swedish bookstores and on Bokus and Adlibris.