BOOK REVIEW: ARNHILD LAUVENG, “I MORGEN VAR JEG ALLTID EN LØVE [TOMORROW I WAS ALWAYS A LION]”, OSLO, J.W. CAPPELENS FORLAG AS, 2005, 200 P.

Abstract

As well as being a person who has defied most people’s pessimistic expectations about the likely course of her adult life, Arnhild Lauveng is also the author of a book that challenges any easy or handy review profiling. To say that she has received the Norwegian Fritt Ord (Free Speech) Honorary Award in 2008 would be only one way of introducing her work. Indeed, mentioning this kind of acknowledgement would speak for the sincerity and honesty that pervade her presentation not only of a painful personal experience, but also of systems and institutions that cannot cope with people who need much more support to deal with similar challenges.