Anne Ragde is one of Norways most popular writers these days. And I can see why. I really like her style of writing, it`s down to earth, and she describes so many aspects of her characters, several of the characters in the book I really liked and really disliked at the same time, it was fascinating. But at the same time, it was a very depressing book. Maybe it has to do with my life and my mood right now, but there`s only so much tragedy I can deal with in one book, and this book was full of it, death, disease, incest you name it. So, not a favorite book.