Tove is only twenty, but she is already famous: a published poet and the wife of a much older literary editor. Her path in life seems predetermined. However, she is unaware of the difficulties that lie ahead: love affairs, desired and unwanted pregnancies, creative failures, and a destructive addiction.
As the years pass, the main conflict in Tove's life becomes painfully obvious: the terrifying allure of addiction in all its manifestations is opposed to the possibility of living freely and fearlessly - of being an artist on her own terms.
"Dependency is the third book of the Copenhagen Trilogy and perhaps Ditlevsen's masterpiece. It is a dark and strikingly honest story about addiction and the path to overcoming it.