Fröken Liwin

by Marika Stiernstedt

"Fröken Liwin" by Marika Stiernstedt is a novel published in 1925. When a young upper-middle-class woman becomes pregnant out of wedlock, she flees to Stockholm to hide her shame. She gives up her child, expecting relief, but instead finds herself haunted by guilt and longing. Fifteen years later, she reclaims her daughter, only to discover that legal motherhood cannot undo years of absence. The novel examines a society that punishes women for circumstances beyond their control.