Everything I Fear Has Already Happened

What especially interests me in Wencke Mühleisen as a writer of novels, is how steadfastly she processes and explores the great missteps of life, using the full register of the body to do so; the analytical thoughts, the quivering, horrible feelings and the invigorating lust for life.

Spry and philosophical about becoming single as a mature woman and throw oneself into the waters of online dating.

This is a deeply existential novel about being an older, abandoned, longing woman. The book is raw, frisky, and rebellious. And, the way I read it, wistful

If sexuality and old age is a topic not often discussed, this novel contributes to right that wrong. Mühleisen’s laconic sense of humour fits the topic well, and the story balances elegantly between the hopeful and the tragicomic