The Pianist by the Mountain Lake

Emily is approaching thirty, but life isn’t what she envisioned it would be. She lives in Uppsala where she studies economics at the university, just like her parents have always wanted. But her fingers itch with unrequited creativity, something Emily soon realizes she has inherited from her late grandmother, Hilda.

Helena is busy. She’s planning the opening of her very own restaurant, and renovating her newly purchased homestead in Fjällnäs – the one where Hilda used to live in the 1970s. There is a new love in her life, Rikard, who just happens to be her childhood crush, but she struggles to join their lives together without losing her new independence. When Emily plucks up courage and travels to Härjedalen to explore her origin, she meets Helena. Emily moves into one of Helena’s guest cabins, and together they venture out among the mountains and forests. Both Hilda and Helena have listened to their hearts and followed their dreams, does Emily have what it takes to do the same?

The Pianist by the Mountain Lake is a warm and affecting novel about finding your own path in life, and daring to follow it.

Part 3 in the Waffle Hut Series

398 pages

Reviews: 

"In the book there is a kind of magic in the description of the mountain world and its
people who make it special and very readable. There is a beautiful rhythm in the story, in what is said but also in that which is only sensed. In addition to writing, Karin Härjegård is a mountain priest in the Church of Sweden, Åre."
Overall rating: 5. Btj library services  no. 5