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In every moment we are still alive, Tom Malmquist ; translated from the Swedish by Henning Koch

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In every moment we are still alive

Tom Malmquist ; translated from the Swedish by Henning Koch

Tom's heavily pregnant girlfriend Karin is rushed to hospital with severe flu. While the doctors are able to save the baby, they are helpless in the face of what transpires to be acute Leukemia, and in a moment as fleeting as it is cruel Tom gains a daughter but loses his soul-mate. In Every Moment is the story of a year that changes everything, as Tom must reconcile the fury of bereavement with the overwhelming responsibility of raising his daughter, Livia, alone