For the fourth book of the History & Heritage Book Club, we will be reading The Sisterhood of the Enchanted Forest by Naomi Moriyama and William Doyle.
After living for twenty-five years in New York, Naomi Moriyama moved with her husband and co-author William Doyle and their seven-year-old child to the vast forest of Finland's Karelia, a mysterious region on the Russian border that helped inspire J.R. R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth fantasies.
She entered a life-altering zone of tranquility, peace, and beauty, the spiritual heart of the nation ranked as the happiest nation on Earth, with among the world's most empowered women. Finland is also the country with cleanest air and water and the best schools, a country where motherhood and fatherhood are championed by law, childhood is revered, schoolchildren are required to play outdoors multiple times a day, and trains contain mini-libraries and mini-playgrounds for children to enjoy.
It was here in the Karelian forest that Naomi found a culinary symphony of succulent wild edibles, herbs, berries, mushrooms and fish, all freshly plucked from the moss-carpeted forest and sparkling clear streams. She also found something that changed her life—a tribe of invincible women who became her soul-sisters.
As an idyllic summer and fall gave way to a sub-Arctic winter of mind-bending darkness and cold, Naomi faced her fears and her future. Over the course of six unforgettable months with her family and her new “sisters”, she found her life transformed, and discovered the power that lay within her all along.
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Gammelgården Museum is launching a new program in 2025, History & Heritage Book Club!
From May through December 2025, we will be exploring 8 books related to Nordic history and heritage; and Swedish lifestyles and traditions. There are both fiction and non-fiction books; and authors from the United States and Sweden.
Join others book lovers every first Friday of the month from 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM. (Note: July’s book club meeting will be held on the second Friday of July due to the 4th of July holiday.)
The History & Heritage Book Club will be held at Gammelgården Museum at 20880 Olinda Trail North, Scandia, MN 55073. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with others in the community who love to read and want to discover some great books!
2025 Book List:
May – Swede Hollow by Ola Larsmo - *F
June – The Open-Air Life by Linda Åkeson McGurk - *N
July – The Lagom Life – A Swedish Way of Living by Elisabeth Carlsson - *N
August – The Sisterhood of the Enchanted Forest by Naomi Moriyama and William Doyle - N
September – Giants in the Earth – A Saga of the Prairie by O.E. Rölvaag - F
October – My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman - *F
November - The Rocks Will Echo Our Sorrow – The Forced Displacement of the Northern Sámi by Elin Anna Labba - *N
December – The Palace of the Snow Queen – Winter Travels in Lapland and Sápmi by Barbara Sjoholm - N
* - Swedish, Sámi, or Swedish-American author
F – Fiction
N – Non-Fiction
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Phone: (651) 433-5053
Facebook Group: History & Heritage Book Club
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