divorce

One night, shortly before they leave for their summer vacation, Pia and Niklas have a fight over something that seems trivial at the time. Niklas goes out with a friend to vent his anger. Time passes, but Niklas doesn't return home. Pia quickly begins to worry that something bad has happened to him, but she discovers that her husband is fine, a stark contrast to their otherwise idyllic marriage. With a harsh four-word message, "e;I'm not coming home,"e; Niklas shatters Pia's world. Her kind, pediatrician husband insists on a divorce. Pia is stunned and confused. Did this rift happen so suddenly?But every story has two sides, and we see both perspectives to understand how each feels about the divorce and what justifies it. The author raises several questions about why relationships break down. Is the one who leaves always the bad one? What is revealed once you start scratching the surface of what seems, for a moment, to be perfectly fine? Is this a universal phenomenon that is similar regardless of cultural differences?