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They go for a walk by the playing fields, the anemones are out. In the small Danish town of Rødby, a mother and her sixteen-year-old daughter live uneventfully, each day marked by routine and a quiet intimacy. Together, they are a family; complete, content and fragile. When the mother begins to feel unwell, everything and nothing changes. They go about their lives, talk about anything but the diagnosis. The daughter takes tentative steps into adulthood. Still, illness and the possibility of loss cast an expansive shadow over the rituals of daily life. they is a tender and piercing exploration of a motherdaughter relationship, brought into startling focus by Helle Helles distinctive, immediate prose. Autorid: Helle Helle, Martin Aitken