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HERO is a captivating literary debut and a love story for our times: a novel that exposes the precious things women give up in order to be loved, and in order to be free. She's a waitress. He's a chef. They used to be best friends, but now, they're in love and living together in a studio apartment. She's also a selkie, Odysseus, and a cowgirl called Quick Fingers. He's a really good man.When he asks her to marry him, Hero panics. She is lots of things but one thing she doesn't want to be is anybody's wife.Drawing on a rich history of myth and legend, and yet unmistakeably of the moment, HERO is a love story and a story about what it means for women to be supporting characters in a world written by men. How can you be yourself when you are a product of other people's imaginations? How can you love another person and be free?

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781035413089
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Udgivet:
  • 30. januar 2025
  • Størrelse:
  • 135x216x0 mm.
  • BLACK WEEK
Leveringstid: Kan forudbestilles
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HERO is a captivating literary debut and a love story for our times: a novel that exposes the precious things women give up in order to be loved, and in order to be free. She's a waitress. He's a chef. They used to be best friends, but now, they're in love and living together in a studio apartment. She's also a selkie, Odysseus, and a cowgirl called Quick Fingers. He's a really good man.When he asks her to marry him, Hero panics. She is lots of things but one thing she doesn't want to be is anybody's wife.Drawing on a rich history of myth and legend, and yet unmistakeably of the moment, HERO is a love story and a story about what it means for women to be supporting characters in a world written by men. How can you be yourself when you are a product of other people's imaginations? How can you love another person and be free?

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