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.