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Overview
Monika and Maj-Britt could not be more different. Monika lives with a man who adores her; Maj-Britt can barely manage to write her former husband's name. Monika, the chief surgeon at a regional hospital, has an overwhelming roster of family and professional obligations; Maj-Britt is a recluse, all but imprisoned by her own obesity. But they do have one thing in common: Both are tormented by memories that only the most excruciating vigilance can keep suppressed. And when chance brings the two women together, those memories can no longer stay contained.
Synopsis
U.S. original publication by Swedish writer, shortlisted for one of England's prestigious Dagger awards. Once again we're in Rendell territory, with a plot about two women who are outwardly very different but are in fact both tormented by their own destructive memories. When the women are thrown together by an accident, the power of those memories becomes all but overwhelming.