Bøger af Annika Norlin

Ants live in communities, where everyone helps out. Everyone has a task for the community ...Everyone is needed. No one has to know everything. One morning, Emelie can't get out of bed. Her therapist calls it burnout. Her neighbour calls it the tiny work death. She needs to get away from the brightness of the city lights, the noise of the people, the constant demands, so she goes to the woods, pitches her tent overlooking the lake, breathes. And that's where she sees them, the Colony:A man with a sad face. A tall, strong, older woman. A woman in her forties, squatting to examine an ant hill. Another woman in her forties, short, long hair, ample bosom, good posture - the leader?An extremely beautiful man. A slightly younger man, in a Helly Hansen jacket and trucker hat. And a teenage boy, standing a little way from the group. Who are they? What do they mean to each other? And why do they behave in such strange ways: thanking the fish they eat, sleeping under a tree, singing off key, dancing without music, never letting the boy fully in?As Emelie becomes more and more drawn to the Colony, she begins to re-evaluate her own lifestyle. Wouldn't it be nice to live as these seven do? Apart from society and its expectations. But groups always have their dynamics and roles. Which are you? And what if you want to change?

Der er de syv, som har valgt at leve uden for samfundet, langt ude i en svensk skov, væk fra skoler, samfundsregler og velfærdsydelser. De er kommet fra alternative bevægelser, fra fængsler og institutioner, og de er allesammen frasorterede, sekundavarer i den svenske perfekthedskultur. De er vidt forskellige, men de passer sammen, deler alt og lever organiseret som myrer i en tue.Og så er der Emilie, der iagttager gruppen på afstand. En ensom udbrændt freelancer fra medieverdenen, der er draget til skovs med telt og spritapparat for at finde sig selv. Men så finder hun de syv i Tuen.Tuen skildrer en gruppe mennesker, der kommer fra vidt forskellige baggrunde med vidt forskellige historier, men hvordan havnede de et øde sted som en del af en gruppe, hvor ingen skal klare alting, og hvor alle bidrager med noget? Og hvad sker der, når en fremmed dukker op og vender op og ned på alting?