Natual Causes

A novel about the curse of self-knowledge and the blessings of denial; a medical romance unlike any other.

 No one can sense the undercurrents of a populace better than a general practitioner. I have seen it all: gluten free, lactose free, sugar free, every online or newspaper headline attempt to get healthy people to think that if only they stop eating bread or cheese, everything will fall into place. Middle-agers can’t fathom why they’re so tired all the time. It’s because you are starting to get old, I explain, but they think this aging thing doesn’t apply to them, just as death doesn’t apply to them either. They think they are the exception.

For two decades, Elin has been a regular general practitioner. For at least as long, she has been married to Aksel. But before Aksel there was Bjørn, who a year ago suddenly reached out to her on Facebook, and who has si