{"product_id":"9781923106574","title":"they","description":"Author: Helle Helle\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781923106574\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Giramondo Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Feb 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 160\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'They go for a walk by the playing fields, the anemones are out.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey  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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting 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 acclaimed translator Martin Aitken. \u003ci\u003ethey\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Helle Helle:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Helle has enchanting gifts as a storyteller...the words so light they nearly float off the page.'  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of my favorite Danish writers  she's the master.'  Olga Ravn, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of Scandinavia's finest authors.'  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDagbladet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Helle Helle's minimalism isn't boring; it crackles with mystery. It's the everyday, and yet it's insistently beautiful.'  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeekendavisen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'You laugh and laugh, cry and cry. Not bawling or sobbing, but quiet and intense. That's what it's like reading Helle Helle.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e  Politiken\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46688056115358,"sku":"ADS-9781923106574","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781923106574.jpg?v=1775631409","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781923106574","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}