The Summer of Ellen book by Agnete Friis

Agnete Friis’s lyrical, evocative work of psychological suspense weaves together two periods in one man’s life to explore obsession, toxic masculinity, & the tricks we play on our own memory. Jacob, a middle-aged architect living in Copenhagen, is in the alcohol-soaked throes of a bitter divorce when he receives an unexpected call from his great-uncle Anton. In his nineties & still living with his brother on their rural Jutland farm—a place Jacob hasn’t visited since the summer of 1978.