Everything I Have

Monika is thirteen, and she senses that the serene world we live in during childhood is not forever.Now she is twenty-seven, and she is the mistress of a refined intellectual. Professions flash by: teacher, journalist, copywriter…In ten years, she has... a house, a husband, and a very independent daughter, Maiken.At forty-six, Monika is the muse of an unrecognized genius and the owner of a farm with restless chickens. Maybe this is happiness?At fifty-two, she looks in the mirror and suddenly notices how much she has come to resemble her mother…In this story, told with rare emotional precision, you almost inevitably recognize yourself.