{"product_id":"the-shadow-girls-9780307385932","title":"The Shadow Girls","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the dean of Scandinavian noirand the internationally bestselling and universally acclaimed Kurt Wallander series, comes this moving and profound literary novel about three refugee women and the poet they befriend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJesper Humlin is a mildly famous author and poet with lackluster book sales. Not even his editor will support his artistic vision, suggesting instead that he start writing crime novels in the place of poetry. In his travels, Humlin encounters three women who will change his worldview. All three have fled their home countries and settled in Sweden: Leyla from Iran, Tanya from Russia, and Tea-Bag from Nigeria. The women look to Humlin for guidance in telling their stories, learning how to shape the tales of their journeys and sacrifices. Both social comedy and social tragedy ensue from these efforts, but in the end Humlin, Leyla, Tanya and Tea-Bag all find that they have helped change one another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shadow Girls \u003c\/i\u003eis an absorbing tale of how a diverse society changes--and is changed by--its citizens, whoever they are\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307385932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d","brand":"Henning Mankell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43103746785461,"sku":"9780307385932","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_028bc7f4-c0b6-420d-9b4c-000547563f9c.jpg?v=1693279205","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-shadow-girls-9780307385932","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}