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Title: Often I Am Happy

This contemplative novel explores the complexities of love and grief through the eyes of Ellinor, a widow haunted by the loss of her first husband and best friend. The book interweaves past and present, shedding light on the unspoken undercurrents that shape our lives and relationships. Readers who enjoy introspective, character-driven stories about the human experience will find themselves drawn to the quiet power of Often I Am Happy.

  • Europese Literatuurprijs Nominee (2018)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9781509842391
Authors: Jens Christian Grøndahl
Publisher: Picador
Date of Publication: 2017-08-10
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.65
(rated by 1755 readers)

Description

"When Ellinor addresses her best friend Anna, she does not expect a reply. Anna has been dead for forty years, killed in the same skiing accident that claimed Henning: Ellinor’s first husband and Anna’s lover.Ellinor instead tells her that Georg has died – Georg who was once Anna’s, but whom Ellinor came to love in her place, and whom she came to care for, along with Anna’s two infant sons. Yet with Georg’s death Ellinor finds herself able to cut the ties of her assumed life with surprising ease.Returning to the area of Copenhagen where she grew up, away from the adopted comfort of the home she shared with Georg, Ellinor finds herself addressing her own history: her marriage to Henning, their seemingly charmed friendship with the newly-wed Anna and Georg, right back to her own mother's story – a story of heartbreaking pride.Because there are some secrets – both our own and of others – that we can only share with the dead. Secrets that nonetheless shape who we are and who we love."
 

Title: Often I Am Happy

This contemplative novel explores the complexities of love and grief through the eyes of Ellinor, a widow haunted by the loss of her first husband and best friend. The book interweaves past and present, shedding light on the unspoken undercurrents that shape our lives and relationships. Readers who enjoy introspective, character-driven stories about the human experience will find themselves drawn to the quiet power of Often I Am Happy.

  • Europese Literatuurprijs Nominee (2018)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.