Childhood, Youth, Dependency

Sharp, tough and tender ... wrenching sadness and pitch-black comedy ... Ditlevsen can pivot from hilarity to heartbreak in a trice.
- Boyd Tonkin Spectator

Astonishing, honest, entirely revealing and, in the end, devastating. Ditlevsen's trilogy is remarkable not only for its honesty and lyricism; these are books that journey deep into the darkest reaches of human experience and return, fatally wounded, but still eloquent.
- Observer

The best books I have read this year. These volumes slip in like a stiletto and do their work once inside. Thrilling.
- New Statesman