{"product_id":"punished-paperback-1","title":"Punished - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnn-Hel?n Laestadius\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRachel Willson-Broyles\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the internationally bestselling author of the \"extraordinary\" (Fredrik Backman) novel \u003ci\u003eStolen\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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 S?mi 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThirty years later, the five children have chosen different paths to cope with the past. Else-Maj holds strong in her S?mi 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen 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 asks: If you had the chance to punish the person who hurt you as a child, would you? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on the author's family story, \u003ci\u003ePunished \u003c\/i\u003eis 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnn-Hel?n Laestadius is an author and journalist from Kiruna, Sweden. She is S?mi and of Tornedalian descent, two of Sweden's national minorities. In 2016, Laestadius was awarded the prestigious August Prize for Best Young Adult and Children's Novel for \u003ci\u003eTen Past One\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she was also awarded Norrland's Literature Prize. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eStolen\u003c\/i\u003e--which was named Sweden's Book of the Year, longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award, and adapted for a Netflix film--and \u003ci\u003ePunished\u003c\/i\u003e, both #1 bestsellers in Sweden. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRachel Willson-Broyles is a freelance Swedish to English translator based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She received her BA from Gustavus Adolphus College and her PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, both in Scandinavian Studies. Other authors whose works she has translated include Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Jonas Jonasson, and Malin Persson Giolito.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.33 x 5.55 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770323599648,"sku":"9781668045510","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/57c28eecde55eef308beeaf83bccdf91.webp?v=1780369339","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/punished-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}