''April Witch'' ( sv, Aprilhäxan) is a 1997 novel by Swedish author Majgull Axelsson. It won the

August Prize The August Prize ( sv, Augustpriset) is an annual Swedish literary prize awarded each year since 1989 by the Swedish Publishers' Association. The prize is awarded to the best Swedish book of the year, in three categories. Prize In the years 1989- ...

in 1997.

Plot

The book is about Desirée, who is severely disabled, and her three foster sisters, who are all named after the "hagasessas". Because she was taken away to an institution as a child because of her disability, the sisters do not know her, but she can follow their lives as she is an "April Witch" and can see through the eye of any other creature. She feels that one of the sisters has stolen the life that was meant for her.

References

{{August Prize Best Fiction 1997 Swedish novels Swedish-language novels August Prize-winning works