The novel is narrated in first person by Logn, a trans woman living alone in modern Reykjavík. She’s been searching the city’s beaches for a suitable place to end her life due to the despair of waiting six years for bottom surgery. She leaves a letter to her twin brother Trausti, who’s been visiting her around lunchtime, suspecting her intentions. However, an unexpected encounter with a seagull changes her mind.
The story delves into Logn’s life, from her birth, four hours after Trausti, to her childhood, where she felt comfortable in girl’s clothing but tried to live as a boy and later a man, including marriage and having a son. She delayed accepting her true self to fit in and protect her family but eventually embraced her identity as a woman.
Many in Logn’s family have distanced themselves from her, and her former wife feels betrayed. Her relationship with her son is strained, and she longs to be asked to babysit her grandchild, but that opportunity has yet to come.
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