My Father’s House

My Father’s House is a touching and amazingly honest story of a Swedish immigrant family from 1907 to 1975 with an epilogue at the end giving an update of the characters explored in the book. Through Gustafson’s thorough research and gifted writing, the reader gains a better understanding of the trials and tribulations of life, so similar to those experienced by other immigrant families, including my own Chinese-American experience.

—Teddy Oscar, verified review on Amazon

It is in the remembering and writing of My Father’s House that author Mona Gustafson shares her father’s and family’s lifetime journey. Starting in 1907, when her father, Karl Artur Johan Gustafsson, came of age and knew it was time to leave his birth country of Sweden should he have any hope for his future. I found My Father’s House to be full of life, conversational, poetic, enlightening and inspirational. A beautifully written book.

—Karen Molosky, verified review on Amazon

It is a loving and respectful chronological accounting of her immigrant father’s life from poverty in Sweden in 1907 to his life in America through the 1970s. An epilogue provides recent updates as well. So if readers are like me and want to know ‘what happened to that character?’ they will find that closure there. Find that comfortable chair and spend some time with the real people who inhabit the pages within.

—Lucy, verified review on Amazon

I discovered My Father’s House while looking for resources for my next novel about a Swedish family emigrating to America in the late 1800s. The opening chapters are most helpful, but I soon got caught up in Carl’s story and had to read on. I have traced several ancestral lines back to Sweden and have visited twice. I could relate to many elements in the story.

—SJB, verified review on Amazon