Katarina Widholm
Katarina Widholm (b.1961) lives and works in Hudiksvall and writes full time. COUNTING HEARTBEATS is her adult debut, which fast became a reader and critic’s favourite.
Books by Katarina Widholm
Warming Hands
Katarina Widholm
Stockholm, 1942. Young Betty from Hudiksvall is now married to the son of the Molander family, for which she previously worked as a maid. The war is raging in Europe and everything including food must be rationed. On the surface, things seem to have…
Counting Heartbeats
Katarina Widholm
Heart-rendering debut, no 3 in the Book of the Year Award 2022, introducing charismatic and loveable book-lover Betty. It’s the interwar years in Sweden when we first meet Betty, a bookish 17-year-old who can’t wait to get out of her small town and s…
