{"title":"Books by Agnete Friis","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781616958961","title":"What My Body Remembers","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwisty and brimming with the emotional power of beautifully drawn characters, the solo debut by the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Boy in the Suitcase\u003c\/i\u003e is a brooding and atmospheric thriller that sets a young mother on a collision course with her past in order to save her son's future.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElla Nygaard, 27, has been a ward of the state since she was seven years old, the night her father murdered her mother. She doesn’t remember anything about that night or her childhood before it—but her body remembers. The PTSD-induced panic attacks she now suffers incapacitate her for hours at a time, sometimes days.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter one particularly bad episode lands Ella in a psych ward, she discovers her son, Alex, has been taken from her by the state and placed with a foster family. Desperate not to lose her son, Ella kidnaps Alex and flees to the seaside town in northern Denmark where she was born. Her grandmother’s abandoned house is in grave disrepair, but she can live there for free until she can figure out how to convince social services that despite everything, she is the best parent for her child.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut being back in the small town forces Ella to confront the demons of her childhood—the monsters her memory has tried so hard to obscure. What really happened that night her mother died? Was her grandmother right—was Ella’s father unjustly convicted? What other secrets were her parents hiding from each other? If Ella can start to remember, maybe her scars will begin to heal—or maybe the truth will put her in even greater danger.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43204900421810,"sku":"9781616958961","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781616958961_86eedd9c-fcd0-4bbe-80ed-0db47fac22ae.jpg?v=1786023100"},{"product_id":"9781641291323","title":"The Summer of Ellen","description":"\u003cb\u003eAgnete Friis’s lyrical, evocative work of psychological suspense weaves together two periods in one man’s life to explore obsession, toxic masculinity, and the tricks we play on our own memory. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 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 and still living with his brother on their rural Jutland farm—a place Jacob hasn’t visited since the summer of 1978—Anton remains haunted by a single question: What happened to Ellen?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e To find out, Jacob must return to the farm and confront what took place that summer—one defined by his teenage obsession with Ellen, a beautiful young hippie from the local commune, and the unsolved disappearance of a local girl. 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Includes reading group guide,  new foreword, and other exclusive content. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Nina  Borg, a Red Cross nurse, wife, and mother of two, is a compulsive  do-gooder who can’t say no when someone asks for help—even when she  knows better. When her estranged friend Karin leaves her a key to a  public locker in the Copenhagen train station, Nina gets suckered into  her most dangerous project yet. Inside the locker is a suitcase, and  inside the suitcase is a three-year-old boy: naked and drugged, but  alive. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs the boy a victim of child trafficking? Can he be  turned over to authorities, or will they only return him to whoever sold  him? When Karin is discovered brutally murdered, Nina realizes that her  life and the boy’s are in jeopardy, too. In an increasingly desperate  trek across Denmark, Nina tries to figure out who the boy is, where he  belongs, and who exactly is trying to hunt him down.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56312704794997,"sku":"9781641293204","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781641293204_0001876d-39a5-4ed0-a9ce-b1a2eb37ff37.jpg?v=1786024260"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-agnete-friis.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}