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Motherhood and the Myth of Closure in Vigdis Hjorth’s Is Mother Dead
Hjorth has masterfully written a family drama where no reunion takes place and a thriller where no blood is shed. Her prose keeps us on edge, puncturing breathless sentences that stretch to half a page with four-word questions that undercut everything she previously said.
Facing the End of the World in Erin Swan’s Walk the Vanished Earth
Swan acknowledges there will be more than fires and floods to wrestle with as the world ends. People will still fall in love and disappoint each other; children will still long for their mothers and their mothers will still try and fail to protect them.