A review by librarian_lisa_22
Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela Vida

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The scene between Clarissa and her mother is terrifying. The complete excision of all reminders of violence from her life, including a daughter and then a family, is grotesque. Then Clarissa repeats the excision by leaving her fiancé, although with a letter and not completely.

What obligation does a mother have to her children? And what obligation do we have to tell the truth to those we love? This book is beautiful and haunting.