Narrative Non-fiction · Paperback

In a house in Alvdal

Norwegian title: I et hus i Alvdal

Anne-Britt Harsem

For the first time, Kevin tells openly and honestly about what went so terribly wrong at home with his mother. Kevin is the oldest son in the Alvdal-case, Norway's most serious sexual assault case of modern times, where his mother was sentences for sexually abusing her own children. She is the first woman in Norway to be sentenced to imprisonment for sexual assult.In this book, Kevin opens up about the consequences of living and growing up in a home marked with drugs and neglect. Through Kevin's story the readers get a sense of the fierce loyalty children can show to their parents – and how they try their best to take responsibility once one of them lose grip of their lives.