Literary Salon: Houses with Children

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Lise Villadsen has written a captivating and disturbing psychological thriller about childlessness, relationships and jealousy. 37-year-old Irene has a great desire to become a mother. She is married to Thomas, who is a priest, and they have been trying to have a child for several years. Now they are going to start fertility treatment. At the same time, a family moves in next door - mother, father and two children On the surface they look happy, but Irene observes them and senses that something is hiding beneath the polished surface. When Thomas suddenly no longer wants to participate in fertility treatment, and also has a slightly too close relationship with the woman next door, things come to a head for Irene. Simmering beneath the narrative is a constant sense of unease, and as a reader you don't know what is true and what is imagination. Lise Villadsen talks about her work writing the book, which is her first for an adult audience. - Date: 2 October 2026 - Time: 13:30–15:00 - Venue: Roskilde Bibliotek - Address: Dronning Margrethes Vej 14, Roskilde, Denmark - Admission: From DKK 25