they - Helle Helle

From the award-winning Danish writer: an exquisite portrait of a mother and daughter, exploring all that is said and all that is not.

'They go for a walk by the playing fields, the anemones are out.'

In the small Danish town of Rødby, a mother and her sixteen-year-old daughter live uneventfully, each day marked by routine and a quiet intimacy. Together, they are a family; complete, content – and fragile.

When the mother begins to feel unwell, everything and nothing changes. They go about their lives, talk about anything but the diagnosis. The daughter takes tentative steps into adulth
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