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Wedding, Funeral, Bride

by Vendela Vida
Issue #132
Spring 2017
Years ago, I went to a family reunion in rural Sweden, where the houses are red, yellow, or white, and the mailboxes bear the family’s last name. My grandfather was born Birger Johansson, but because the farmers on either side...

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