Böcker av Jennifer Clement

Pearl är fjorton år och har vuxit upp i framsätet på en gammal Mercury. Hennes mamma Margot bor i baksätet. Hon kan se in i folk och känna vad som gör ont. De bor i en del av Florida där det mexikanska heroinet håller på att ta metamfetaminets pla...

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**Longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction 2018** `Haunting ... poetic ... Full of sorrow and aching sweetness' Washington Post Gun Love is a hypnotic story of family, community and violence. Told from the perspective of a sharp-eyed tee...

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Pearl är fjorton år och har vuxit upp i framsätet på en gammal Mercury. Hennes mamma Margot bor i baksätet. Hon kan se in i folk och känna vad som gör ont. De bor i en del av Florida där det mexikanska heroinet håller på att ta metamfetaminets pla...

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Jean-Michel Basquiat var målaren som kom att definiera 1980-talet, geniet som tog graffitin in i konstvärlden runt Andy Warhol, den förste svarte konstnären som blev en superstjärna. Suzanne Mallouk levde med honom. Hon såg passionen och fram...

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Nu ska vi göra dig ful, sa mamma. Hon visslade. Jag såg i spegeln hur hon förde kolbiten över mitt ansikte. Det är ett vidrigt liv, viskade hon. Det bästa man kan vara i Mexiko är en ful flicka. En bön för de stulna är berättelsen om Ladydi Garcia...

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MADONNA. ANDY WARHOL. KEITH HARING. FAB 5 FREDDIE. DEBBIE HARRY. JULIAN SCHNABEL. Jean-Michel Basquiat's transition from the subways to the chic gallery spaces of Manhattan brought the artist into the company of many of New York's established and ...

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**Longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction 2018** `My mother called anyone or anything that seemed alone, or ended up in the wrong place, a stray. There were stray people, stray dogs, stray bullets, and stray butterflies.' Fourteen-year-...

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'Now we make you ugly,' my mother said. 'The best thing you can be in Mexico is an ugly girl.' The Narcos only had to hear there was a pretty girl around and they'd sweep onto our lands in black SUVs and carry the girl off. Not one of the stolen g...

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A New York Times Editor's Choice The searing, unforgettable story of a young girl's resilience, by the award-winning author of Prayers for the Stolen Pearl's mother took her away from her family just weeks after she was born, and drove off to cent...

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`Now we make you ugly,' my mother said. `The best thing you can be in Mexico is an ugly girl.' On the mountainside in rural Mexico where Ladydi lives, being a girl is dangerous. Especially a pretty one. If the Narcos hear there is a pretty girl on...

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Nu ska vi göra dig ful, sa mamma. Hon visslade. Jag såg i spegeln hur hon förde kolbiten över mitt ansikte. Det är ett vidrigt liv, viskade hon. Det bästa man kan vara i Mexiko är en ful flicka. En bön för de stulna är berättelsen om Ladydi Garcia...

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Now we make you ugly, my mother said. The best thing you can be in Mexico is an ugly girl. On the mountainside in rural Mexico where Ladydi lives, being a girl is dangerous. Especially a pretty one. If the Narcos hear there is a pretty girl on the...

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Concise, engaging, and highly intuitive-this accessible guide equips you with an understanding of all the basic principles of forecasting Making accurate predictions about the economy has always been difficult, as F. A. Hayek noted when accepting ...

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Comprehensive in scope and easy to use, Atlas of Gynecologic Surgical Pathology, 4th Edition, provides the current, authoritative information you need to effectively sign out cases in female genital pathology. In this 4th Edition, internationally ...

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The beautifully written, deeply affecting story of Jean-Michel Basquiat's partner, her past, and their life together New York City in the 1980s was a mesmerizing, wild place. A hotbed for hip hop, underground culture, and unmatched creative energy...

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A haunting story of love and survival that introduces an unforgettable literary heroineLadydi Garcia Martnez is fierce, funny and smart. She was born into a world where being a girl is a dangerous thing. In the mountains of Guerrero, Mexico, women...

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While humility is not especially valued in modern Western culture, Jennifer Clement argues here, it is central to sixteenth- and seventeenth-century understandings of Christian faith and behavior, and is vital to early modern concepts of the self....

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While humility is not especially valued in modern Western culture, Jennifer Clement argues here, it is central to sixteenth- and seventeenth-century understandings of Christian faith and behavior, and is vital to early modern concepts of the self....

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While humility is not especially valued in modern Western culture, Jennifer Clement argues here, it is central to sixteenth- and seventeenth-century understandings of Christian faith and behavior, and is vital to early modern concepts of the self....

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**Longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction 2018** Haunting ... poetic ... Full of sorrow and aching sweetness Washington Post Gun Love is a hypnotic story of family, community and violence. Told from the perspective of a sharp-eyed teena...

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Longlisted for the 2018 National Book Awards A New York Times Editor's Choice The searing, unforgettable story of a young girl's resilience, by the award-winning author of Prayers for the Stolen Pearl's mother took her away from her family just we...

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Madonna. Andy Warhol. Keith Haring. Fab 5 Freddie. Debbie Harry. Julian Schnabel. Jean-Michel Basquiat's transition from the subways to the chic gallery spaces of Manhattan brought the artist into the company of many of New York's established and ...

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Abandoned by her mother as a baby, Emily now lives with her father in Mexico City. She works in the local Catholic orphanage. Life is simple. But when an enigmatic cousin, Santi, appears on the doorstep he brings family secrets, and soon Emily fin...

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Abandoned by her mother as a baby, Emily now lives with her father in Mexico City. She works in the local Catholic orphanage. Life is simple. But when an enigmatic cousin, Santi, appears on the doorstep he brings family secrets, and soon Emily fin...

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Written by professionals in the fields of clinical service and research, Violence Against Women provides a broad perspective on the causes and consequences of intimate partner violence. It examines a wide range of relationships that may be affecte...

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Jennifer Clement studied English Literature and Anthropology at New York University and French Literature in Paris. Clement is the author of the memoir 'Widow Basquiat', which made the UK Booksellers' Choice list, and a novel 'A True Story Based o...

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