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[Anmeldereksemplar modtaget fra Forlaget Aronsen]<\/em><\/p>\n

I morgen d. 10. juni 2020 udkommer N\u00e5r det er slut<\/strong> af Clare Mackintosh. De fleste kender nok Clare Mackintosh for Jeg lader dig g\u00e5<\/em><\/a>, Jeg ser dig<\/em><\/a> og Lad mig d\u00f8<\/em><\/a> – og ved derfor at de er i den psykologiske thriller-genre. N\u00e5r det er slut<\/strong> er anderledes – det er en bog om k\u00e6rlighed, for\u00e6ldreskab og om hvilke drejninger livet kan tage.<\/p>\n

I anledning af udgivelsen af N\u00e5r det er slut<\/strong> har jeg haft mulighed for at lave et lille interview med Clare Mackintosh.<\/p>\n

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Clare Mackintosh. \u00a9Astrid di Crollalanza.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Interviewet kommer her, men anmeldelsen m\u00e5 vente til udgivelsen.<\/p>\n

* Would you please tell a bit about \u201cAfter the end\u201d? I know there is a very informative after word, but the novel is new, so only a few have read it in Denmark by now.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2006 I gave birth prematurely, to twin boys. We spent several months in intensive care in Oxford, England. When the boys were three weeks old, our eldest son, Alex, contracted meningitis and suffered a brain haemorrhage, leaving him severely disabled. He was critically ill, and my husband and I were asked to make a decision about his future. Should we continue to fight for his survival, and have him live with several disabilities? Or should we remove him from intensive care and allow him to die?<\/p>\n

I asked the doctor what would happen if my husband and I couldn\u2019t agree about what to do. Like most couples, we disagreed on all sorts of things, and they\u2019d never mattered before. But here was something that mattered more than anything in the world, and about which there was no compromise. \u2018You have to agree,\u2019 she said. \u2018The alternative is unthinkable.\u2019<\/p>\n

After the End is about the unthinkable. It\u2019s about a couple, Max and Pip, who love each other, but who love their son more, and want different futures for him.<\/p>\n

* I think \u201cAfter the End\u201d is an important story, but it must have been hard\/tough to write, since the topic is very emotional? How did you find the strength to tell the story?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was a police officer for many years, and when you work in a job like that you learn to \u2018compartmentalise\u2019: to shut away your emotions, because otherwise you\u2019d bring work home with you at the end of every shift. I became so good at it that when my son died I locked away all my emotions. I had a surviving baby to look after.<\/p>\n

When I wrote\u00a0After the End<\/em>\u00a0I had to access those emotions and memories, in order to write authentically. Pip\u2019s and Max\u2019s story isn\u2019t mine, but we share experiences, and I found it cathartic to travel with them along their journey.<\/p>\n

The title of the novel is important. The focus isn\u2019t on the crisis itself, but on the lives lived afterwards, and that is true for my own life, as well. The novel is ultimately uplifting for the reader, and I found the same was true as the author.<\/p>\n

* \u201cAfter the End\u201d was written in a very different and interesting way. How did you come up with the idea to this setup? I think it is working perfectly.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of my favourite poems is\u00a0The Road Not Taken<\/em>, by Robert Frost. In it, he describes standing in a \u2018yellow wood\u2019, looking at two paths that disappear into the trees. The poem talks of wanting to be able to travel both paths, to see what lies at the end, before picking one. That\u2019s how it feels when you have a life-changing decision to make, and that\u2019s what I wanted to explore in\u00a0After the End<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I wanted, too, to show that it isn\u2019t the decision itself that matters, but how you deal with it. I firmly believe that whatever path we take, we can make it the right one for us.<\/p>\n

* There is a big difference between \u201cAfter the End\u201d and you first three novels. I know where the inspiration came from to \u201cAfter the End\u201d, but how\/where did you find inspiration to you first novels?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Inspiration comes from all sorts of places. My debut novel, I Let You Go<\/em>, was inspired by a real-life hit-and-run that happened in Oxford, where I was working as a police officer. Let Me Lie<\/em>\u00a0was also inspired by a real-life incident, but I can\u2019t reveal which one without spoiling one of the book\u2019s twists! My second novel, I See You<\/em>, was a bit different. I was travelling to London with a friend, and I noticed how the commuters knew where they were going almost without looking. I started thinking about how we are all creatures of habit – how we do the same thing day in, day out. We find familiarity reassuring, but of course if we are that predictable, it puts us at risk\u2026<\/p>\n

* Do you have any plans or maybe you have even started on you next novel? And will we see more crime novels from you? Will you share a bit about you future writings with us?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My next novel is a thriller. It\u2019s called Hostage<\/em>\u00a0and it\u2019s set on a twenty-hour non-stop flight from London to Sydney, where a flight attendant must choose between saving hundreds of strangers, or her own family. I\u2019ve really enjoyed writing it, and can\u2019t wait to start talking about it!<\/p>\n

* And of course I have to ask: What is your favorite book \u2013 and your favorite author? And what books are one your night stand right now?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My favourite book changes all the time, but a book I come back to time and time again is Life After Life<\/em>, by Kate Atkinson. It\u2019s perfectly constructed, with such vivid characters – I really love it. Right now I\u2019m reading a new Ruth Ware novel, and Maggie O\u2019Farrell\u2019s memoir, I Am, I Am, I Am<\/em>.
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Clare Mackintosh, Congratulations on your new book and thank you so much for answering my questions.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

F\u00f8lg\u00a0Bech\u2019s Books<\/strong>\u00a0p\u00e5\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0og\u00a0Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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[Anmeldereksemplar modtaget fra Forlaget Aronsen] I morgen d. 10. juni 2020 udkommer N\u00e5r det er slut af Clare Mackintosh. De fleste kender nok Clare Mackintosh for Jeg lader dig g\u00e5, Jeg ser dig og Lad mig d\u00f8 – og ved derfor at de er i den psykologiske thriller-genre. N\u00e5r det er slut er anderledes –… L\u00e6s mere Interview med Clare Mackintosh<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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