Return to Silkeborg

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Coming of Age, Scandinavian Fiction, Women's Fiction, and Novels

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Sex and Suicide

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Nov 1, 2025

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278 pages

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Return to Silkeborg

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Blurb

She thought the past was long buried. But now she is on a plane, hurtling towards it.

Over three decades ago, Abigail embarked on an intense affair with Mads, the father of the family she lived with in Denmark during her gap year in 1987. What will happen when she attends his funeral now?

Return to Silkeborg weaves back and forth between the present day and the events that occurred during this gap year. Abigail must revisit her past and make peace with the twenty-three-year age difference and the clandestine nature of their relationship. She no longer views it with rose-coloured glasses. Now she has a teenage daughter of her own. What unfolds is a journey of self-discovery and reflection as Abigail confronts the truth of their connection.

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Genres

Coming of Age, Scandinavian Fiction, Women's Fiction, and Novels

Trigger Warnings

Sex and Suicide

Type of Ending

Series

Not part of a series

Author Prefers A Review On

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Publication Date

Nov 1, 2025

Page Length

278 pages

Available Formats

ePub and PDF

Author

Vanessa Benford has spent the last thirty years establishing a career in finance. She has been fortunate to have lived and worked in three countries. Originally from the US, she completed university studies in California with a degree in economics and commenced work in Los Angeles. In the late nineties, she transferred to work in London, where she met and married an Australian. She immigrated to Melbourne eighteen years ago, where she currently lives with her husband and three children. In addition to travel, she has a passion for all music, in particular from the 1980s.