The Divorce, Moa Herngren
The Divorce, Moa Herngren
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The Divorce
A Novel

Author: Moa Herngren

Narrator: Sofia Engstrand, Cameron Krogh Stone

Unabridged: 10 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 08/06/2024


Synopsis

An addictive domestic drama set during one hot Stockholm summer that marks the American debut of #1 Swedish bestselling author Moa Herngren.“The collapse of a thirty-two-year marriage is depicted with an even hand in this book, which amounts to two parallel novels: one about a woman 'feverish with confusion,' who feels that she was abandoned without warning, and another about a man who has been grappling with the end of his relationship for months. . . . As Herngren stitches together the couple’s perspectives, she writes with a sharp neutrality, never overplaying the book’s many tense moments of discovery or languishing in the wife’s despair.” —The New YorkerThere are two sides to every story . . .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. As the hours pass, Niklas doesn’t come home, and Bea’s irritation soon gives way to panic as she imagines what kind of disaster might have happened to delay his return.What she soon learns will change her life forever: while her husband is fine, their marriage is not. Her kind, gentle pediatrician husband wants to leave her. But while this might seem like sudden insanity to Bea, for Niklas, it’s anything but… Writing with the warmth and empathy that have made her insightful, page-turning family novels bestsellers in her native Sweden, Moa Herngren raises thoughtful questions about why relationships fall apart: Is the person who leaves always the bad guy? What emerges once you begin scratching the surface of what seems like a clear-cut situation? Told from dual perspectives, The Divorce is a gripping novel that deftly explores the complexities of modern marriage.Translated from the Swedish by Alice Menzies

About Moa Herngren

Moa Herngren is the Swedish author of the gripping and highly acclaimed relationship dramas The Mother-in-Law and The Divorce. Herngren is also a journalist, former editor-in-chief of Elle magazine, and a highly sought-after manuscript writer, as well as the co-creator and writer of the Netflix hit show Bonus Family. She lives in Sweden.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jessica on June 02, 2024

I should have quit this book but I kept with it because I wanted to make sure it would prove my theory: divorce is boring. Not in real life, in real life it is all consuming. But in fiction, in memoir, in any narrative where you try to recount it? Boring. And while I didn't enjoy this book, I did fe......more

Goodreads review by Karenina on May 27, 2022

Beatrice och Niklas Stjärne har varit tillsammans i 32 år. Hon har tagit hand om barnen han har dragit in pengar som läkare. Nu vill han plötsligt skiljas. Ännu en bok om en medelålders krisande heterosexuell man som tatuerar sig, blir kär i en annan kvinna och vill skilja sig? Krisande män som försö......more

Goodreads review by Rita on July 01, 2024

The Divorce By Moa Herngren "The Divorce" opens with Bea in full inner monologue rant mode, she is tired, she is hot, she is irritated with Niklas over seemingly everything, and he still isn't home, and he is not responding to any of her texts, and now she's vacillating between anger and fear, until......more

Goodreads review by Natalia on August 10, 2024

Niezwykle wciągająca. Minus za końcówkę.......more

Goodreads review by Babywave on March 09, 2025

Dieses Buch hat mich wirklich mitgenommen. Die Geschichte ist in 3 Teile aufgeteilt. Wir erleben die Trennung zweier Menschen, die im 1. Teil aus Sicht der Frau namens Bea erzählt, im 2. Teil aus der Sicht des Mannes Niklas‘ und im 3. Teil abwechselnd von beiden erzählt wird. Bea und Niklas kennen s......more