Translated by John Nieuwenhuizen.
The day begins like any other day, but fifteen minutes earlier. A day so full of omens that Anna feels her life will never be normal again. Then the letter arrives. The letter from Hugo that changes everything.
Sixteen-year-old Anna is the girl with "those brothers": the two dead brothers. Jonas died of AIDS when Anna was eleven, and Michael disappeared in a landmine explosion in Bosnia. Anna's mother searched but there was no trace of her son. Anna's father busied himself with his projects. Sorrow drove them apart. And what about Anna? Anna looked after herself, not talking, not letting anyone close. And now Hugo says Michael may be alive. A spark of hope? False hope? Should she tell her mother? But Hugo writes in red felt pen: it means don't tell anyone.
Now the past is back: Anna can't escape it. But does she have the courage to face her fears, and to find out about Michael? Can Anna bring the pieces of their lives back together and give the past a future?
'And What About Anna?' is a compelling and mysterious novel about a young woman's reawakening to life.
