By #1 bestselling Swedish author Moa Hergren, an addictive and irresistible family drama that readers from all walks of life will quickly resonate with. Bea couldn't be more excited to trade the stifling Stockholm summer heat for vacation on Gotland Island. She’s looking forward to spending quality time with her beloved husband of thirty-two years, Niklas, and their two moody teenage daughters, and recuperating from the stress of daily life in the company of her beloved in-laws. One night shortly before their departure, Bea and Niklas have a seemingly mundane argument over a trivial issue, and Niklas goes out with a friend to blow off steam. But as the hours pass, Niklas doesn’t come home. Bea’s irritation soon gives way to panic: could something terrible have happened? She soon learns that though her husband is fine, their marriage is not. With a callous, three-word text, Niklas shatters Bea’s world. Her kind, gentle pediatrician husband is insisting on a divorce. While Bea is distrau