Summary

In Chapter 30, “Perfume,” Alf declares that he is going to get a newspaper. Elsa and the wurse go with him. Elsa convinces him to tell her the story of his love for Britt-Marie. Alf and Kent lived in one of the apartments with their mother when Britt-Marie's family moved in. Britt-Marie's mother favored Britt-Marie's sister, Ingrid, and was brutal to Britt-Marie. One day, Britt-Marie's mother had a wreck right in front of the apartment building. Granny was a young medical student and the first on the scene. She found that Britt-Marie had a pulse, though her sister was dead. Granny rushed Britt-Marie to the hospital and saved her life but Britt-Marie's mother was furious, saying Granny had saved the wrong child.

Alf's phone rings several times. Alf says it is Kent and he does not want to answer, but Elsa does. She gives...