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A newly married woman longs, irrationally, for a silk umbrella; a husband chases away his wife''s beloved cat; a betrayed mother impulsively sacks her housekeeper. Underneath the surface of these precisely observed tales of love, marriage and family life in mid-century Copenhagen pulse currents of desire, violence and despair, as women and men dream of escaping their conventional roles and finding freedom and happiness - without ever truly understanding what that might mean.

© Tove Ditlevsen 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Brought to you by Penguin.

A newly married woman longs, irrationally, for a silk umbrella; a husband chases away his wife''s beloved cat; a betrayed mother impulsively sacks her housekeeper. Underneath the surface of these precisely observed tales of love, marriage and family life in mid-century Copenhagen pulse currents of desire, violence and despair, as women and men dream of escaping their conventional roles and finding freedom and happiness - without ever truly understanding what that might mean.

© Tove Ditlevsen 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Brought to you by Penguin.

A newly married woman longs, irrationally, for a silk umbrella; a husband chases away his wife''s beloved cat; a betrayed mother impulsively sacks her housekeeper. Underneath the surface of these precisely observed tales of love, marriage and family life in mid-century Copenhagen pulse currents of desire, violence and despair, as women and men dream of escaping their conventional roles and finding freedom and happiness - without ever truly understanding what that might mean.

© Tove Ditlevsen 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022