" I was left feeling desolate! The author beautifully describes the cold, harsh landscape of Denmark, reflecting the narrator's dreary life. She survives, but what's the point? She's reflecting back on her life from the vantage point of an old woman, so when the book ends abruptly I wanted answers to all the pregnant questions--pregnancy included! Was her existence futile and entirely without gratification? The last line is: " . . . I was so young then, and I remember thinking: I'm twenty-three years old, there is nothing left in life. Only the rest." I turned the page, anticipating some resolution, and discovered that was THE END. "
— Rhonda, 1/28/2014