Pascha har alltid låtit andra utforma hennes liv. En dag tar hon sig ut ur sin kontrollerade värld och träffar Patrick. De inleder ett förhållande, men Patrick visar sig inte vara den hon önskat och hon faller handlöst ner i en existentiell avgrund.
Pia Tafdrup is a Danish writer; primarily a poet, she has also written a novel and two plays, as well as works for radio. Pia Tafdrup's work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages, and her poetry collections "Spring Tide" (1989) and "Queen's Gate" (2001) have been translated into English. She was elected as a member of the Danish Literary Academy in 1989; she was awarded the Nordic Council's Literary Prize in 1999, and the Swedish Academy's Nordic Prize in 2006. In 2001, she was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog.