Is Mother Dead by Vigdis Hjorth a daughters lament
Book of the dayFictionReviewThe author of the controversial Will and Testament reopens old wounds in this gripping account of family trauma
Last time the Norwegian author Vigdis Hjorth wrote about an estranged daughter, in her 2016 novel Will and Testament, she caused ructions with her family, who felt the novel was too autobiographical for comfort.
In that chilling book, which Charlotte Barslund translated into English in 2019, a row over inheritance prompts the main character, Bergljot, to confront her family about claims her father sexually abused her as a child.
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