Almost Human
I stort sett mänsklig is a quietly powerful novel about a woman in free fall — and the long, slow climb back up. After a drink-driving, Hanna loses her job, her relationship, and her sense of self. Moving back to her childhood home in northern Sweden, she tries to rebuild — but addiction doesn’t let go easily. Helena Lindegren tells a story of relapse, denial, and fragile hope with sharp humour and emotional clarity.
“A feast of a novel! Funny, beautiful, sad, exciting, and absolutely wonderful.”
— Nina Wähä, author
“A northern cousin to Lisa Ridzén’s hit The Cranes Fly South. Here, too, the ordinary meets the extraordinary within us, and Lindegren turns it into compulsive reading… A superbly entertaining book that surprises both heart and mind with its humanity.”
— Maja Aase, BTJ
Helena Lindegren is an actor, comedian, and writer whose work spans film, television, theatre, radio, and now, fiction. Raised in northern Västerbotten, she trained and worked in regional theatre and has been involved in improvisation theatre in Stockholm since 2008. I stort sett mänsklig is her debut. A prequel is planned to be published in…
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Norway: KaggeI stort sett mänsklig is a quietly powerful novel about a woman in free fall — and the long, slow climb back up. After a drink-driving, Hanna loses her job, her relationship, and her sense of self. Moving back to her childhood home in northern Sweden, she tries to rebuild — but addiction doesn’t let go easily. Helena Lindegren tells a story of relapse, denial, and fragile hope with sharp humour and emotional clarity.
“A feast of a novel! Funny, beautiful, sad, exciting, and absolutely wonderful.”
— Nina Wähä, author
“A northern cousin to Lisa Ridzén’s hit The Cranes Fly South. Here, too, the ordinary meets the extraordinary within us, and Lindegren turns it into compulsive reading… A superbly entertaining book that surprises both heart and mind with its humanity.”
— Maja Aase, BTJ