Images In A Mirror: A Novel

Images in a Mirror tells the story of Fru Hjelde, an actress who abandons her lucrative career in a fit of rage and marries a guy with whom she has little in common. After ten years, Uni—as Fru Hjelde is known—discovers that her husband and five children have become an impediment rather than an impetus to a fulfilling existence. Uni, looking for a distraction, discovers an opportunity to broaden her horizons following a fortuitous encounter with a charming acquaintance from her past.

Images in a Mirror, the final of Undset's modern background books, casts the emotional trappings of a mundane life in such a light that they become obvious for what they truly are: the signs and signals of the human heart seeking its ultimate desire.