Let's Hope for the Best -

Carolina Setterwall

Little, Brown and Company

2019

384 páginas

12h 48m

ISBN-13: 9780316489621

In her debut novel, Let's Hope for the Best, Carolina Setterwall recounts the intensity of falling in love with her partner Aksel, and the shock of finding him dead in bed one morning. Carolina and Aksel meet at a party, and that passionate first encounter leads to months of courtship during which Carolina struggles to find her place. While Aksel prefers to take things slow, Carolina is restless to advance their relationship - moving in together, buying a cat, and finally having a child.

Perhaps to impose some order on the chaos, Carolina devotedly chronicles the months since Aksel's passing like a ship's log. She unpacks, with a cutting, forensic intensity, the small details of life before tragedy, eager to find some explanation for the bad hand she's been dealt. Although Aksel died of natural causes, Carolina feels unshakeable guilt for pushing her partner past his comfort zone. When new romance rushes in like a tidal wave, Carolina finds herself assuming the reticent role Aksel once held. Somehow, despite everything, she's been given the gift of love again. But can she make it work?