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The Shadow Girls

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Tea-Bag, a young Nigerian girl, has fled a refugee camp in Spain for the promise of a new life in Sweden. Tania has made a long and dangerous journey to escape themisery of life in a brothel. Leila has travelled with her family from Iran. All of them are facing different challenges in their new home.

Meanwhile, celebrated poet Jesper Humlin is looking for inspiration. Harried by his mother and girlfriend, misunderstood by his publisher and tormented by his stockbroker, Jesper needs a new perspective on life. A chance encounter with Tea-Bag leads him into the shadow world of the immigrant experience in Sweden. Initially he sees the girls purely as material for his work, but they have very different ideas.

This inspiring novel encompasses both humour and tragedy and illuminates our understanding of those left on the margins of our society.

About This Edition

ISBN: 9780099455486
Publication date: 5th September 2013
Author: Henning Mankell
Publisher: Vintage an imprint of Random House
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 329 pages
Genres: Narrative theme: Social issues
Modern and Contemporary Fiction
Crime and Mystery