Gaute Heivoll

Those Free of Guilt

The lie that grows and evolves until it starts looking like the truth
Sigrid is nineteen when she first meets Embret, who arrives in her
small town to be the new schoolteacher. She just wants to get away,
from her mother and little sister Edit. He just wants to be noticed,
for everyone around him to see who he really is. Together, they start
carving out the future they´ve been longing for.
But life wants it differently. When disaster strikes, Embret and the
two sisters make a life changing choice. They tell a lie that grows
and evolves until it starts looking like the truth. A lie constantly
threatening to tear their existence apart.
Those Free of Guilt is a story of hope and self-deception, of salvation
and gradual downfall. It is a novel of longing to be something
more than yourself, and of the impossibility of envisioning the
consequences of your choices.