How does being at war change a country, a family, a human being? When Western forces invade Afghanistan in 2001, journalist Martin Hope finds it impossible to bow to his newspaper’s demands to soften the tone of his writing. He quits his job in Oslo and moves back to his hometown with his pregnant girlfriend, to become a sub-editor in the local newspaper.

Here Martin discovers another, unexpected perspective to the story of his country, of its wars and of himself. Both his father and grandfather have served their country in armed conflicts, but the consequences have so far been a well kept secret.

The Story about Us is a bold novel about idealism and a desperate desire to act, about humanism and a reason to exist. But the book is also the story of a couple who becomes parents for the first time. How does holding his newborn baby in his arms change the way a man looks on the future?

Praise for The Story about Us:

“Lirhus juggles easily, deftly, professionally and intelligently between the many big and small themes and stories.”
Dagbladet

“The Story about Us is for me a novel which must be re-read, in order to gauge also what is written between the lines – and that I am looking forward to.”
Moss Avis