The Shadow Girls

<p>Tea-Bag a young Nigerian girl has fled a refugee camp in Spain for the promise of a new life in Sweden. Tania has made a long and dangerous journey to escape themisery of life in a brothel. Leila has travelled with her family from Iran. All of them are facing different challenges in their new home.<br><br>Meanwhile celebrated poet Jesper Humlin is looking for inspiration. Harried by his mother and girlfriend misunderstood by his publisher and tormented by his stockbroker Jesper needs a new perspective on life. A chance encounter with Tea-Bag leads him into the shadow world of the immigrant experience in Sweden. Initially he sees the girls purely as material for his work but they have very different ideas. <br><br>This inspiring novel encompasses both humour and tragedy and illuminates our understanding of those left on the margins of our society.</p>