My Father's House: Remembering My Swedish-American Family

by Mona Gustafson

In the year 1910, at age twenty, Karl Artur Johan Gustafsson leaves Sweden to follow his older siblings to America. Renamed “Carl Arthur Gustafson” at Ellis Island, he begins a new life in Forestville/Bristol, Connecticut, where he falls in love with and marries Jennie Anderson. Together they build their “house,” guiding their family through the rapidly changing events of the twentieth century. In this multi-layered, multiple-generational story, their third child takes her readers on a journey through WWI, the Great Depression, WWII, changing technologies, changing roles, and the tumultuous sixties and seventies.

486 pages, Paperback

Published February 2, 2023

Reviews

[Carol · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting family history- I actually remember some of the persons mentioned- and many places in the town - being that I grew up there. My grandmother was also from Sweden; and my grandparents were close friends with members of the family. Close to home!!!