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Will and Testament

A Novel

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Will and Testament

By: Vigdis Hjorth
Narrated by: Nano Nagle
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A controversial best seller from one of Norway’s most intelligent and highly-regarded novelists

When a dispute over her parents’ will grows bitter, Bergljot is drawn back into the orbit of the family she fled 20 years before. Her mother and father have decided to leave two island summer houses to her sisters, disinheriting the two eldest siblings from the most meaningful part of the estate. To outsiders, it is a quarrel about property and favoritism. But Bergljot, who has borne a horrible secret since childhood, understands the gesture as something very different - a final attempt to suppress the truth and a cruel insult to the grievously injured.

Will and Testament is a lyrical meditation on trauma and memory, as well as a furious account of a woman’s struggle to survive and be believed.

©2019 Vigdis Hjorth (P)2019 Blackstone Publishing Absurdist Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Women's Fiction
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This is a really wonderful book. Strong overtones of Karl Ove Knausgaard in the way that everyday family interactions are explored -- but this memoir is driven by a fearless exploration of a life lived in the shadow of abuse and family collusion. Amazingly clear sighted, literary and emotionally raw at the same time.

This is a classic of the #MeToo era and essential reading for anyone interested in the nuances of emotional politics in families.

Strong, penetrating, stylish memoir

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