ILLEGAL USE OF NARCOTIC DRUGS, PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES, AND THEIR ANALOGUES DAMAGES HEALTH; THEIR ILLEGAL CIRCULATION IS PROHIBITED AND ENTAILS LIABILITY ESTABLISHED BY LAW. This is the second book of the six-volume autobiographical cycle "My Struggle" by a classic of modern Norwegian literature. Karl Ove leaves his wife and moves from Norway to Sweden, where he meets Linda. With endless tenderness and sometimes shocking frankness, he tells of their passionate romance with countless quarrels and reconciliations. Soon their eldest daughter is born, followed by another daughter and a son. The exhausting daily life of a father of three begins. Many things irritate the protagonist: the arrogance of fellow writers and the conformism as a norm of life in a country foreign to him. Nevertheless, it is here that his inspiration returns. Struggling to carve out even a couple of hours a day from family routine, he devotes himself to creativity – his main struggle.