c. haaland

Unless you are talking about poisonous gas and regularly being hit with a stick or having stones thrown at you, the full meaning of the words ’toxic’ and ’abusive’ does not really translate into Norwegian.

Two weeks before her 30th birthday, Sonja C. Haaland gets her dream job. After spending her 20s bouncing around between jobs, towns and countries, she is finally ready to embrace a routine consisting of friends, family, work and nerdy pursuits. Settling in Stavanger in the southwest of Norway she is just going to enjoy life; be happy and content. Ten years later she finds herself mysteriously stuck in bed. Sonja brushes it off as just a little breakdown, she has had one before and it will be quickly sorted.

Unfortunately, it turns out to be a bit more complicated than what can be fixed with some rest and upping the antidepressants.