They
Helle, Helle2026
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They -- a mother and her sixteen-year-old daughter -- live in an apartment above a hairdresser's shop in a small island town. Each day is marked by routine and quiet intimacy. They are so enmeshed, so alike in their manners and opinions, it can be hard to tell them apart. Then the mother begins to feel unwell. They carry on with their lives, talk about anything but the diagnosis. The mother goes in and out of hospital, and the daughter, just starting high school, makes new friends -- Tove Dunk, Hafni, Bob, Desert Boots -- but remains essentially alone. Illness, and the possibility of loss, cast a growing shadow over her life. Writing in a multi-layered, perpetual present tense, Helle Helle finds a tender voice for the comedy and awkwardness of her heroines' lives, rendered into riveting and affecting English by translator Martin Aitken. They is an exquisite portrait of the fragile love between a mother and daughter, and a love letter to 1980s life on the island of Lolland, where the author grew up.
Main title:
They / Helle Helle ; translated by Martin Aitken.
Author:
Helle, Helle, authorAitken, Martin, translator
Imprint:
Willoughby, NSW : Giramondo Publishing, 2026.©2026
Collation:
147 pages ; 22 cm
Series title:
Notes:
First published in Danish as "De" by Rosinante & Co A/S © 2018.Translated from the Danish.
ISBN:
9781923106574 (paperback)
Dewey class:
839.81374
Language:
EnglishDanish
Added title:
Subject:
BRN:
518784
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| RYDE | ADULT FICTION | F HELL | Arrival Pending (Set: 25 Mar 2026) |
| RYDE | ON ORDER | On Order (Set: 26 Feb 2026) |