{"product_id":"a-girl-left-the-room","title":"A Girl Left the Room","description":"When you’re fourteen, there is no afterwards. It all begins when Tanja meets Eg. Handsome, grey-eyed, he is a friend of her parents and a teller of stories. Soon, he begins to write—sending letters that arrive at her home in the Swedish forest, drawing her deeper into a fated love offering escape from an isolated childhood. Tanja steps through a door into adult experience from which there is no return, a relationship where desire and excitement give way to shame and control. Years later, now a poet armed with the language to name what happened, she finds a box of Eg’s mildewed letters and begins to read. Hauntingly lyrical and fearlessly honest, A Girl Left the Room is the story of one woman’s fight to reclaim the girl she once was. ‘Gripping, chilling, and extraordinarily clear-eyed. . . A novel that everybody should read’ Rosie Price, author of What Red Was ‘An entire world of complicity unfolds moment by moment. . . It kept me pinned to the page’ Sîan Hughes, author of Pearl ‘It’s compelling. It's shocking. It's hypnotic in its clarity. . . A stunning debut from one of Denmark's leading poets’ Christina Patterson, author of Outside, the Sky is Blue ‘So blunt, so well written, Lolita speaking out, telling her truth. A superb book’ Dorthe Nors, author of Mirror, Shoulder, Signal\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAuthor: Gernes, Ulrikka S.,author\u003cbr\u003eContributors: Gernes, Ulrikka S.,author\u003cbr\u003eBinding: paperback\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: \u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: \u003cbr\u003eLanguages: English,Published,Danish,Original Language\u003cbr\u003ePublished\/Release Date: 4 Jun 2026\u003cbr\u003eBic Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction in translation\u003cbr\u003ebicCode: \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003ePublisher\/Studio\/Brand: Pushkin Press\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Director\/Artist: Ulrikka S. Gernes\u003cbr\u003eDimension (cm): 15x198x129 mm\u003cbr\u003ePackage Dimension (cm): 20x222x140 mm\u003cbr\u003eItem Weight (g): 0\u003cbr\u003ePackage Weight (g): 300","brand":"Pushkin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53368696013097,"sku":"BK1805333828","price":76.87,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0734\/5868\/0105\/files\/71a0g47VTDL_78a79043-1651-4c6b-8559-bbd545765b70.jpg?v=1785680922","url":"https:\/\/www.centloop.com\/products\/a-girl-left-the-room","provider":"Centloop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}