Nie, nie, nie

Fresh, honest, warm-hearted: A novel with its finger on the pulse of the times about being a mother and not being a mother.

Linn Strømsborg's narrator is thirty-five - and decided years ago not to have children. This book is about how her decision affects her relationships with friends, parents and, not least, her partner: those around her find it difficult to accept her attitude, and she is repeatedly confronted with the subject. There is her long-time partner Philip, who increasingly doubts whether he can live with his girlfriend's decision. Her mother has been knitting baby clothes for years anyway, hoping for a grandchild. Then, when their best friend Anniken has an offspring, everything changes.
But can you really only be a family with a child? Why is every woman expected to want to be a mother? Why is it so difficult to accept other life plans?
Linn Strømsborg deals with questions that every woman - mother or not - asks herself at some point. 'Never, Never, Never' is a book of the moment, dealing with parenthood and femininity in a direct, empathetic and moving way.