Where the Hollyhocks Come From

A COMING-OF-AGE STORY FROM ONE OF SWEDEN'S HOTTEST YOUNG AUTHORSA story of desire, innocence, and experience unfolds against the beautiful backdrop of southern Sweden's coast. When the narrator arrives in a small town to visit his dying grandmother, he meets a young woman eager to share a secret with him. The narrator grapples with his inability to explain his misgivings to the young woman, who is both pretty-but not 'miss your bus' pretty-and at turns charming, repulsive, pathetic, and willful. Where the Hollyhocks Come From is a twisting and complex monologue exploring attraction and revulsion.