{"title":"Stine Pilgaard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStine Pilgaard\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts gently insightful novels that explore the ordinary with extraordinary warmth and wit. Her works, such as \u003cem\u003eMy Mother Says\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Land of Short Sentences\u003c\/em\u003e, offer a fresh take on relationships, memory, and the rhythms of daily life, inviting readers into subtly humorous and deeply human narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a finely tuned sense of detail and a keen eye for the nuances of personal connection, Pilgaard's fiction charms with its blend of quiet reflection and understated emotion. Her stories linger, revealing the beauty found in fleeting moments and the complexities beneath simple conversations.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"my-mother-says-by-stine-pilgaard-9781642861266","title":"My Mother Says","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe narrator's long-term girlfriend has just broken things off, forcing her to move back in with her father, a Pink Floyd-loving priest. While she desperately tries to convince her girlfriend to reconsider, the rest of the world bombards her with advice: from her childhood friend Mulle, to her kindly therapist, to her overbearing mother and card-playing father.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBumbling through the fog of disillusionment, the narrator gives herself permission to grieve, philosophise, and be generally outrageous until at last she sees a light at the end of the tunnel. \u003ci\u003eMy Mother Says\u003c\/i\u003e is a compendium of conversations between people who talk past one another in a universe of misplaced good intentions. In this whirlwind of memories, confessions, temper tantrums, and declarations of love, Pilgaard's sheer affection for her characters turns the pain of a broken heart into a heartwarming comedy of errors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Reeling from a breakup, a young Danish woman recovers her sense of self through conversations with parents, friends, and strangers. A sweet and quirky debut about heartbreak, memory, and the endless potential of language.'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487399330028,"sku":"9781642861266","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/981aa6bc92d1d1959f3415915eeec153.jpg?v=1775777861"},{"product_id":"the-land-of-short-sentences-by-stine-pilgaard-9781642861082","title":"The Land of Short Sentences","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA young mother follows her partner to a rural community in West Jutland, Denmark, where he teaches at the local school for adult education. Isolated, she is forced to find her way in a bewildering community and in the inscrutable conversational forms of the local population.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA young woman relocates to an outlying community in West Jutland, Denmark, and is forced to find her way, not only in the bewildering environment of the residential Folk High School, where her partner has been hired to teach, but also in the inscrutable conversational forms of the local population. And on top of it all, there's the small matter of juggling her roles as mother to a newborn baby and advice columnist in the local newspaper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this understated and hilarious novel, Stine Pilgaard conjures a tale of venturing into new and uncharted land, of human relationships, dilemmas, and the ways and byways of social intercourse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Land of Short Sentences\u003c\/i\u003e offers a captivating exploration of life and communication in a small Danish community, with an engaging blend of humour and insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487611863276,"sku":"9781642861082","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/377bc733939d3b356a183dc2e3e36330.jpg?v=1775772499"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/stine-pilgaard.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}