A Novel

Finding Clara Klára

by Orsi Párkányi

The road to madness is paved with invalidation.
But Clara will turn every stone into the way home.

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Finding Klára book cover — a green eye looking out from behind windblown copper hair and charcoal ink splatter, above misty mountains. The name Clara is struck through and rewritten below in rose script as Klára.

The Story

Clara has the life she always thought she wanted: a successful husband, two beautiful children, the perfect house.

From the outside, everything looks ideal. But on the inside, she's disappearing. Cut off from her language, her culture, and everyone who knew her before, Clara feels that something is deeply wrong in her marriage.

After a rare glamorous night out, Clara finds herself questioned by police in the back of an ambulance. Confused, humiliated, and accused by her husband of being a danger to herself and their children, she can't clearly remember what happened.

When institutions, friends, and even her own memory echo her husband's version of events, Clara begins her own quest for answers.

Heartbreaking and suspenseful, Finding Klára is a gripping story of coercion, courage, and survival—of one woman’s painful awakening to the reality of her marriage and the impossible choices she must make as she begins to untangle the truth.

The road to madness is paved with invalidation.

Az őrülethez vezető út érvénytelenítéssel van kikövezve.

— Orsi Párkányi

Beta Readers Say

"Finding Klára succeeds because of its emotional realism. The psychological texture of the marriage feels deeply lived-in, intimate, and unsettling in ways many domestic suspense novels never fully achieve."

— Jonathan Welsh, Author

"Beautifully written and rich with atmosphere, Finding Klára is an elegant exploration of identity, memory, and self-trust. Set against the cold beauty of Norway, Orsi Párkányi's novel is intimate, unsettling, and impossible to forget."

— Kriszi, Business Owner

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Author Orsi Párkányi

The Author

Budapest · Sydney · Oslo

Orsi Párkányi

Orsi Párkányi is a Hungarian–Australian writer and communications professional living in Oslo, Norway, with her family. She is the co-founder and CEO of JoinMyWedding.com and MakeSheHappen.com.

In Australia, she founded a women's network that grew to 25,000 members — and the real stories of the women she met there helped shape this book.

Finding Klára is her debut novel. She is currently at work on her second.

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