...the frank and compassionate exploration of the life of Kajsa, the young Swedish girl who is Augusta's granddaughter. Her story is set in the mid 1800s in rural Sweden and is told with painstaking historical accuracy. This was a chaotic time period in which Europe was struggling to overcome famines and oppressive governments with their religious counterparts, as well as confronting societies with sexual prejudices and inequalities.--Page 4 of cover.