With her debut novel Father and Mother, Ericsson approaches the story of her own parents and their lives: Who they were and who they became in their life together. Who was her mother the child of? What stopped the father from doing what he wanted the most? When did the happiness end between the two of them? Ericsson is describing the generation that had their youth marked by the war; their dreams and how their dreams were shattered.

In this book, Ericsson combines the sociologist’s outlook with the poet’s. In a quiet and concise language she gives a moving presentation of three people in cohabitation in a way that displays how children show consideration for their parents just as much as the other way around.