The First Time I Saw You

Playing the violin is the most important thing in Mira's life. She practices every free moment to reach her big dream. It's the only thing that keeps her from thinking about how everything changed after her mother's death.

William is the son of the famous medical family in Luleå and plays hockey at an elite level. While Mira walks alone, he is constantly surrounded by friends. On the surface, their lives couldn't be more different. When their paths unexpectedly cross, Mira realizes that William is not quite who she thought. But the closer they get to each other, the more uncertain life becomes. And before Mira knows it, she has risked everything she dreamed of.

Fourteen years later, Mira has moved on in life. She works as a violinist in Stockholm and is a substitute in the first violin part of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. She is dating Alessandro, an Italian star violinist and life feels almost perfect. But at the same time that a desirable permanent position in the first meeting is suddenly within reach, everything is once again threatened to change. When she suddenly also runs into William again, she is forced to confront events and memories she has long tried to repress.

333  pages

Reviews:

"Anna has a fantastic language melody that provides a lovely reading experience. When the plot is built around a love story between a young violinist and a hockey prospect, sweet music arises in several ways. The whole story becomes like a beautiful concert with notes that play on the entire emotional register in major and minor and ends so nicely and doesn't leave an eye dry... I really like this warm and nice story." - @boknjutaren

"Wonderful read, real page turner... Filled to the brim with emotion. The characters are so well written, with a depth you unfortunately don't always come across in this genre."

- @onceuponafrida

"I like all of Anna Lönnqvist’s books, but this is one of my favorites. The book contains everything I like about feel-good books. A lot of emotions like love, sadness, hope and despair. This story is captivating and captivating. A book that stays in your mind afterwards. "

-@feelgood_books

"What I like so much about Lönnqvist's books is that the characters are so easy to take in and "get feelings for". into the book and hug them... It is with a warm feeling in my body that I close this book." - @stinasbocker