A novel about disability, family secrets, and Norway’s eugenic past. The White Bathing Hut is a genetic detective story. The narrator uses a wheelchair because of an inherited illness that has caused his muscle tissue to degenerate, making him unable to walk. One day, he falls from his wheelchair. His family is away, his cell phone out of reach, and he has no choice but to lie on the floor of his apartment, dissecting his life, until help arrives. He recalls his parents’ reactions of shame and silence when, as a teenager, his illness was first diagnosed. Now in her old age, his mother remains stubbornly secretive. A chance call from a cousin provides the narrator with clues about his grandfather and uncle, whom he never met and who both also had the disease. His search for the truth about his heredity is given new urgency when his mother is diagnosed with cancer. He must persuade her to speak before she dies, for his own sake and for his daughter’s. The White Bathing Hut is an indictment of contemporary Norwegian society, which claims to abhor its history of eugenics, yet still seeks to control the lives of people with disabilities.

"Du klar over at jeg er døende? sier mor. \- Ja, sier jeg. Det blir stille \- Det er en sykepleier her som har sett bilde av deg i avisen, der du sitter i en rullestol, sier hun. - Du elsker visst å se annerledes ut, og å vise det". Moren har løyet for ham hele livet. Han visste ikke at onkelen og bestefaren hadde den samme arvelige muskelsykdommen han har. Hvorfor var det så viktig for moren å tie om dette? Han har forsøkt å få henne i tale, til ingen nytte. Det haster ettersom datteren er gravid. Stamtreet må være kjent for at ny medisinsk kunnskap skal kunne hjelpe. Skjuler moren noe mer? Romanen følger jakten på den største hemmeligheten som har preget tre generasjoners liv. Det er en roman om taushet, forakt og stridslyst. Den er en frittstående oppfølger til "Det hvite badehuset" (2017).