A Modern Family

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When Liv, Ellen and Hakon, along with their partners and children, arrive in Rome to celebrate their father's seventieth birthday, a quiet earthquake occurs: their parents have decided to divorce. Shocked and disbelieving, the siblings try to come to terms with their parents' decision as it echoes through the homes they have built for themselves, and forces them to reconstruct the shared narrative of their childhood and family history.

A bittersweet novel of regret, relationships and rare psychological insights, A MODERN FAMILY encourages us to look at the people closest to us a little more carefully, and ultimately reveals that it's never too late for change.

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"There is a hint of Ingmar Bergman in this portrayal of a completely normal family, it delves deep and wrenches your heart." --Adresseavisen "The most beautiful, elegant writing I've read in a long time. If you love Anne Tyler, you will ADORE this." --Joanna Cannon, author, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

Author Bio

Helga Flatland is already one of Norway's most awarded and widely read authors. Born in Telemark, Norway, in 1984, she made her literary debut in 2010 with the novel Stay If You Can, Leave If You Must, for which she was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas' First Book Prize. She has written four novels and a children's book and has won several other literary awards.