The Glitter Scene
by Monika Fagerholm
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Fiction. Literature. Mystery. HTML:Teenage Johanna lives with her aunt Solveig in a small house bordering the forest on the outskirts of a remote coastal town in Finland. She leads a lonely existence that is punctuated by visits to her privileged classmate, Ulla Bäckström, who lives in the nearby luxury gated community. It isn’t until Ulla tells her the local lore about the American girl and the tragedy that took place more than thirty years before that Johanna begins to question how her show more parents fit into the story. She sets out to unravel her family history, the identity of her mother, and the dark secrets long buried with her father. In the process of opening closed doors, others in the community reflect back on the town’s history, on their youth, and on the dreams that play in their minds. Soon a new story emerges, that stirs up Johanna’s greatest fears, but ultimately leads to the answers she is searching for. The Glitter Scene is a riveting mystery that explores the roles of truth and myth, reality and fiction, and the repercussions of family secrets. show lessTags
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This book has all the downsides of the first book, but none of the upsides. What a letdown.
Nej den här boken var helt obegriplig. Den amerikanska flickan var en helt underbar bok och detta är ju uppföljaren. Ryckig och fragmentariska klipp ur verkligheten. Och som någon annan kommenterade känns det som fel ordföljd och konstiga meningar. Att det kan vara så otrolig skillnad på två efterföljande böcker av samma författare. Den här borde hon aldrig skrivit.
Mar 31, 2015Swedish
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- Canonical title
- The Glitter Scene
- Original title
- Glitterscenen : och flickan hon går i dansen med röda gullband
- Original publication date
- 2009-10-12
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Mystery
- DDC/MDS
- 839.73 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures Other Germanic literatures Swedish literature Swedish fiction
- LCC
- PT9876.16 .A4514 .G5513 — Language and Literature German, Dutch and Scandinavian literatures Swedish literature Individual authors or works 1961-2000
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- 86
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- 364,116
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.38)
- Languages
- 6 — Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Norwegian, Swedish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 12
- ASINs
- 2
