Then There Grew Up A Generation ...

by Thyra Ferré Björn

"A novel about the Generation Gap and the problems of a minister in today's nonreligious, sophisticated world."

184 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1970

About the author

Thyra Ferre Bjorn was one of eight children born to a clergyman in Swedish Lapland. In 1924, her father received a call to a Swedish church in Springfield, Massachusetts, and the family came to America.

Thyra married another native from Sweden, Robert Bjorn. They have two daughters and four grandchildren. Together they made their home in Longmeadow, Masachusetts.

Reviews

[Jenni Jex · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s crazy how this book was written about the 60s and 70s but the feelings between the teenagers and the adults and what they think of each other still ring true today. Maybe this is how it always has been. The adults are annoyed with the lack of structure and the rules the kids resist, and wonder why the “youngsters” don’t have a depth of faith. And the teens are searching for something real and they don’t typically find it in churches full of things being done just because “they’ve always been done that way.” I love how the dad in this book humbled himself and was able to look at all the good deeds he had done but see the selfishness in it all. And his humbleness transformed his son. Isn’t that always the way it goes? God draws near to those filled with humility. Sweet story still applicable to families and churches today.

[Jill Day · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this decades ago and still think about this book.