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Early Spring (Women in Translation Series)

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This is one of my favorite books. I read it for a course in college about Scandanavain women. it is so funny and touching. You will just fly through it. Good for people who like autobiographies, and women's writing.

This true story is for anyone that likes to learn about others stuggles. This is also a must read for poets.

This a readable and interesting look at a time and place in Copenhagen, Denmark, a time when Denmark was perhaps less prosperous than is currently true. The story, in addition to being about the author, illustrates the social difficulties for the working class prior to the establishment of the current welfare state.

It is a coming of age story, and because the author is a writer, and wrote as a child as well, it conveys a good sense of place and of the experiences of growing up in an emotionally deficient family situation. Also, it offers a look at how talented children are helped(or not!) to emerge as successful adults.