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An addictive domestic drama set during one hot Stockholm summer that marks the American debut of #1 Swedish bestselling author Moa Herngren. The collapse of a thirty-two-year marriage is depicted with an even hand in this book, which amounts to two parallel novels: one about a woman 'feverish with confusion,' who feels that she was abandoned without warning, and another about a man who has been grappling with the end of his relationship for months. . . . As Herngren stitches together the couple's perspectives, she writes with a sharp neutrality, never overplaying the book's many tense moments of discovery or languishing in the wife's despair. -The New YorkerThere are two sides to every story . . .Bea couldn't be more excited to trade the stifling Stockholm summer heat for vacation on Gotland Island. She's looking forward to spending quality time with her beloved husband of thirty-two years, Niklas, and their two moody teenage daughters, and recuperating from the stress of daily...

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