Shame

Monika and Maj-Britt lead lives that look nothing alike. Both have settled on the same goal: to erase what happened to them and be let alone. Their carefully guarded routines hold, until a serious accident throws them together. Suddenly the hollow spaces at the core of each woman's life pull at them, and they must face the secrets and grief they have tried to keep buried.

The novel follows the quiet, everyday days of two lonely, unusual women as small habits slide toward self-destruction. Its tension comes from psychological pressure rather than action, and it is told with suspense throughout.

Beneath the darkness, the story keeps open a faint possibility of redemption and of finally being accepted.