Sour Milk in Sheep's Wool

Sweden at the turn of the 20th century. Two women an unwed mother and a suffragette living lives so different from each other its as if they were separated by time not just circumstance. They dont know it but destiny is pulling them toward each other and their fates are interlinked.Anette spins lies to hide that shes an unwed mother with many children. And with different fathers for most of them a staggering truth she can barely admit even to herself. Without the ability to protect herself from unwanted pregnancies she moves each time she gets pregnant telling the same tale as always shes a widow.Hanna closes her café for the night and opens the door to her activist friends creating a space safe from curious husbands and disapproving eyes. Inspired by the pioneer temperance woman Emelie Rathou who linked alcohol abuse with the oppression of women they join forces with the rest of the nation and the world and begin the long fight for Womens Suffrage.Helen Lundström Erwin author of the acclaimed James Journey has created a well-researched and riveting second historical novel. By introducing revolutionary women like Elise Ottesen-Jensen the co-founder of International Planned Parenthood Federation youll be transported back in time joining our foremothers while they fight for reproductive justice and the right to vote.A well written and interesting historic drama which paints a vivid picture of the challenges an unmarried young mother could face at the end of the 19th century. The way Helen Lundström Erwin depicts the life struggles and meager pay of statare in rural Sweden makes you understand why so many opted for a more uncertain future across the Atlantic.- Swedish American Museum ChicagoA timely and poignant look into her own history Lundström Erwins weaving of these womens stories serves to remind us that we modern torchbearers of reproductive rights owe an insurmountable debt to the women who came before us. And while today we fight to hold on to the choices we have we must always remember those who have none.- Womens Health Volunteer