"Berta dreams of being an artist, but as a girl growing up in a small Swedish farming village in the 1920s, she has little hope. She finds solace in nature and in making art fir her mother, the only person who seems to truly understand her. But when her mother dies. Berta feels alone, in despair and burdened by farm work. Can she find the courage to defy her father and fly free?"--Back cover.