It is late autumn in the early 21st century, and psychology student Helga arrives at an unnamed mental hospital. The young woman is determined to help the hospital patients and prove that where they end up is not an indelible mark and well of pain, but a path to recovery and self-acceptance. However, as she sorts out the clients’ lives and psychological complications, Helga will also have to deal with her own pain points: her relationship with her parents and her Eugene, who is ready to be Helga’s rider on a white horse. . But what if she needs a pilot in a black suit? ..
“Ilze Graudiņa’s book is an event in which the author takes the reader not only through the minds of people stuck in their own thoughts, but makes them understand that by listening to others it is possible to understand themselves too. By listening, you will hear!” writer, Laima Kota.
“The environment of a psychiatric hospital at the turn of the century and an avid psychology student in her first practice – this meeting opens up opportunities for the reader to plunge into the realm of shadows and touch the life stories of patients, but also to emerge into the light and experience the formation of important emotional connections with the young woman and trace the emotional experiences of the book characters in their lives in the context of twists and turns of experience, to gain a deeper understanding of the origin, manifestations and process of recovery from various ailments The author of the book is a psychologist, a specialist in psychotherapy, so the novel is a mixture of both human and professional experience, both sides – patients and professionals – are people united by pain and hopes, illusions and revelations, fear and love, our human nature, psychologist, psychotherapy specialist Indra Majore-Düšele.”
Ilze Graudiņa (Akmene, 1968) was born into the family of a lawyer and a driver, has been publishing since the mid-90s of the twentieth century. The first novel Paper sky, canvas earth (supply Flag) won the magazine’s third prize Flag and R. Gerken in the fourth novel contest.
The book was published with the support of the State Fund for Cultural Capital.
