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Original Title: Papa's Wife
ISBN: 0553243470 (ISBN13: 9780553243475)
Edition Language: English
Series: The Franzons #1
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Papa's Wife (The Franzons #1) Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 310 pages
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Title:Papa's Wife (The Franzons #1)
Author:Thyra Ferré Björn
Book Format:Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition:Anniversary Edition
Pages:Pages: 310 pages
Published:1973 by Bantam (first published 1955)
Categories:Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Christian. Classics

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Not for me.

I have no idea what book I was thinking of when I ordered this, but I somehow imagined both plot and prose as something completely different, perhaps a sort of Scandinavian Elizabeth Bowen.

Instead it's a bit like a slightly more grown-up Cheaper by the Dozen. That's the closest parallel I can think of at the moment, anyway. Many people, I know, adore that book. I did not. Nor did I care for this one.

Like Cheaper, this is a slightly fictionalized but mostly true story of a family. If you think getting married at 20 to a Conservative, stingy, stern minister (of the sort of religion that is into public rebuke for the slightest sin and beating children to keep them virtuous) more than twice your age who really just wants a housekeeper and having eight children, in Lapland, would be a sweet life, than this is for you! Since to me it sounds like one of the most horrible possible lives imaginable that doesn't involve actual torture (which, those eight pregnancies...) so I'm not finishing it.

Just thought I'd blurb it since it doesn't seem widely read and maybe will find a fan here. It's by the daughter of the minister, and there are at least two more books if you enjoy it.

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After reading "heavy" books like "We Band of Angels" and "Just Mercy," I searched for something light and easy. Enter "Papa's Wife." In the early 20th century, young Maria sets her eyes on the older parson and encourages him to hire her as a maid. From this develops a delightful story of Pastor Franzon (Papa) and Maria (Mama) and their life together with a growing family in the parsonage in Lapland and in the parsonage and on a farm in New England. Certainly there are problems along the way, but

This sweet story of a Swedish family of 10 that immigrated to America reminded me of the books Cheaper by the Dozen and The Story of the Trapp Family Singers. Very fun read.Here are 2 quotes found near the end of the book:"Life was made up of joy and sorrow -- balanced measures of each -- so that you appreciated the joy more because of the dark hours. Like dark strands woven with threads of gold in a fine tapestry, but to which, at the time of weaving, you were too close to understand its

There are sweet orphan stories. Epic coming-of-age stories. Fantasy stories. A simple, sweet family story can be hard to find. This is a beautiful story of how one couple married, raised babies, and preached the Word. We need more of these.

I loved this book when I read it as a teen. It was on the bookshelf at a house where I was babysitting. So nice that the parents were out late...

I loved this book when I read it as a teen. It was on the bookshelf at a house where I was babysitting. So nice that the parents were out late...

I enjoy reading "vintage" novels occasionally. This book about a Swedish immigrant family was pleasant and a bit too sweet at times. I admit to feeling like a failure in the housekeeping department. What is it with Northern Europeans and house cleaning? The chapters on raising a large family struck me close to the heart - as a mother of 6 children I could relate to Maria, the mother of 8. Both of us had a second child that cried day and night for her first 5 monthes. Faith played a large part of

After reading probably over half of Papa's Wife, I decided I couldn't finish it. See, the more I read, the more it seemed to me that "Mama" is rather selfish, and prideful, and can't handle being told "no". She often acted more like a spoiled girl than a wife of a pastor & mother of eight! There were so many times that she pushed, and pleaded, and manipulated; putting aside her husband's (and sometimes children's) feelings and best interests, because, heaven forbid that anything get in the