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门当户对有多重要？小时候，总认为只要努力就可以打破阶级、消除这种观念。长大后才发现，有些事情是永远不会被抹灭的。写这篇书讯前，我的一名好友告诉我，女友对他说，没有考上高级公职，就别想见她的父母，当然也别想结婚。因为女方家长都是高级公职出身，所以门当户对是基本要求。
 
听了这些事，我只想到：过了这一关，后面还有很多关卡阿！
 
这本书写的也是感情与阶级，还有当你/妳往前走，跳脱现况后，再回头看，就会发现，原来一切都回不去了。
 
乔哈娜住在财富巷，但是不开心也不有钱。38岁的她是一名带着两个女儿的单亲妈妈，每天为了女儿操烦，忙的焦头烂额的她，不禁嫉妒起自己的前夫，搬到斯德哥尔摩，开始新生活的卡尔。
 
卡尔是一名成功的牙医师，新地点、新女友和新生活。他的女友芬妮来自一个富裕的家庭，受过好教育也很有教养。跟他完全是不同世界的人，所以他隐瞒了自己的出身自己的过去。到城市生活的他，无论怎么努力都无法融入新环境。
 
芬妮的朋友觉得他们俩一点也不搭，一直唱衰两人，但是她始终捍卫自己的选择，在好友的劝说下，她开始动摇了。朋友说的是真的吗？我该不该离开他？还是他们只是羡慕我所以这么说？
 
回到乔哈娜，生命给了她一个大惊喜，她中了乐透彩，成了一个大富婆，她的生命也有了剧烈的转变。她搬到斯德哥尔摩，买下卡尔和芬妮住所大楼里的一户，带着两个女儿住了进去。就这样，这三名成人被迫用一种全新的角度面对自己与彼此。
 
一张乐透让书中所有人都成长了，让乔哈娜对未来找到新的方向，让卡尔勇于面对自己，让芬妮看见不同的世界。
 
作者好评
THE AUGUST JOURNEY by Anna Fredriksson is a page turner... It descries current problems like work-related stress, unemployment, depression, childlessness – but it also tells the story of love, friendship and solidarity. ... The dialogues are the book’s biggest strength, you are thrown into the plot and never doubt the story. Anna Fredriksson paints the Österlen setting, making me feel like I am really there. ... THE AUGUST JOURNEY is a relationship drama, a real summer story about everyday life and a friendship that will move you, as well as warm your heart. Dala-Demokraten
 
This was one of those books I read in one sitting, ending in the middle of the night because I could not let it go. Lotta Olsson, TV4
 
Anna Fredriksson is amazingly adept at depicting feelings and relationships. ... This is a very serious novel but well-written and I cannot state enough how much I recommend it. ... Anna Fredriksson’s characters are very realistic. Simply fantastic! P4 Radio
 
The hopeless work situation is painfully well-written, as is Jenny who like a bullied child carries around her shame, trying to hide it from her friends and family. ... What I love most is the beautiful depictions of the landscape in Österlen, everything from sea to sky. You can tell that the author is comfortable here.
Östgöta Correspondenten
 
As the skilful scriptwriter that Anna Fredriksson is she knows exactly how to piece together images from present Österlen with scenes from the past year when Jenny has been avoiding her friends. The almost thriller-like plot feels very effective, particularly towards the end of the book, and I am reluctant to leave my reading chair.
Göteborgs-Posten
 
Anna Fredriksson’s THE AUGUST JOURNEY is about adult bullying, a very subtle one at that and the read is sometime quite scary. ... A real page-turner. Mariestads-Tidning.
 
The novel is deeply rooted in the present, with an easy flowing narrative and immaculate control of the plot. BTJ (Swedish Library Services)