The Shadow Girls
Registered by xtrdnry of Parkdale, Victoria Australia on 9/19/2019
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Jesper Humlin is a poet of middling acclaim who is saddled by his underwhelming book sales, an exasperated girlfriend, a demanding mother, and a rapidly fading tan. His boy-wonder stockbroker has squandered Humlin’s investments, and his editor, who says he must write a crime novel to survive, begins to pitch and promote the nonexistent book despite Humlin’s emphatic refusals. Then, when he travels to Gothenburg to give a reading, he finds himself thrust into an entirely different world, where names shift, stories overlap, and histories are both deeply secret and in profound need of retelling.
Leyla from Iran, Tanya from Russia, and Tea-Bag, who is from Africa but claims to be from Kurdistan (because Kurds might receive preferential treatment as refugees)—these are the shadow girls who become Humlin’s unlikely pupils in impromptu writing workshops. Though he had imagined their stories as fodder for his own book, soon their intertwining lives require him to play a much different role.
Leyla from Iran, Tanya from Russia, and Tea-Bag, who is from Africa but claims to be from Kurdistan (because Kurds might receive preferential treatment as refugees)—these are the shadow girls who become Humlin’s unlikely pupils in impromptu writing workshops. Though he had imagined their stories as fodder for his own book, soon their intertwining lives require him to play a much different role.
Journal Entry 2 by xtrdnry at Cafe 130 (formerly SI Cafe) in Templestowe, Victoria Australia on Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Released 4 yrs ago (10/4/2019 UTC) at Cafe 130 (formerly SI Cafe) in Templestowe, Victoria Australia
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Leaving on the bookshelf at SI café.
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CAUGHT AT SI
It started with such promise, but was all down hill after that. I did not connect with any of the characters, no redeeming traits in any of them. Over all disappointing.
Journal Entry 5 by marmee463 at Cafe 130 (formerly SI Cafe) in Templestowe, Victoria Australia on Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Released 4 yrs ago (11/1/2019 UTC) at Cafe 130 (formerly SI Cafe) in Templestowe, Victoria Australia
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On to the shelves.
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Originally published as Tea-Bag, this is not a Wallender adventure so we'll see how it goes.
An unusual way of presenting a vital situation in Europe. It is a must read, but I prefer Wallander
Journal Entry 8 by AnonymousFriend at Surrey Hills Neighbourhood Library in Surrey Hills, Victoria Australia on Friday, November 26, 2021
Released 2 yrs ago (12/2/2021 UTC) at Surrey Hills Neighbourhood Library in Surrey Hills, Victoria Australia
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Release #282 for 2021 ...
Caught today.
Journal Entry 10 by marmee463 at Rattray Road Little Library in Montmorency, Victoria Australia on Monday, December 6, 2021
Released 2 yrs ago (12/12/2021 UTC) at Rattray Road Little Library in Montmorency, Victoria Australia
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