Ann-Helén Laestadius

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Ann-Helén Laestadius is an author and journalist from Kiruna, Sweden. She is Sámi and of Tornedalian descent, two of Sweden’s national minorities. She is also the author of Stolen—which was named Sweden’s Book of the Year, longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award, and adapted into a Netflix film—and Punished, both #1 bestsellers in Sweden.

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Books by Ann-Helén Laestadius

Punished

A Novel

By Ann-Helén Laestadius

Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles

From the internationally bestselling author of the “extraordinary” (Fredrik Backman) novel Stolen comes a harrowing story—inspired by true events—of five Indigenous children forced to attend a government-run boarding school in 1950s Sweden, revealing the emotional scars they carry th...

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Stolen

By Ann-Helén Laestadius

Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles

* NOW A NETFLIX FILM * AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR *

A spellbinding Swedish novel that follows a young indigenous woman as she struggles to defend her family’s reindeer herd and culture amidst xenophobia, climate change, and a devious hunter whose targeted kills are conside...

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