Smart Girl

Life seems perfect for Charlotte: a loving husband and a gifted daughter Stella, a beautiful home, and a successful career. But after the mysterious disappearance of the nanny Blanca, her world collapses. The daughter changes beyond recognition: an accent appears in her speech, an unfamiliar coldness in her gaze, and her body seems to be taken over by someone else. Charlotte horrifiesly begins to see Blanca in Stella.

Her husband, on the contrary, remains icy calm, accusing his wife of paranoia. But how to explain what is happening when the boundaries of reality are blurred and the child becomes a vessel for someone else's secrets? Charlotte desperately seeks answers, trying to bring back the old Stella and escape the labyrinth of her own mind.

The novel by Helena Eklund is a poignant statement about the power of maternal love, the defenselessness against betrayal, and the fragile line between truth and imagination.