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Tora har blivit ägare till Café Cosmopolite. Hon har hårdnat, men så hård är hon inte att hon kan avvisa arbetslösa ynglingar som beställer en sockerdricka och tolv glas. Efter ett kort äktenskap är hon änka med två pojkar men inte ensam i kampen för värdighet och ett drägligare liv. Runt henne finns Frida, hennes dotter Ingrid och de andra kvinnorna som hjälper varandra när storstrejken och världskriget hotar med hunger.

378 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1976

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Kerstin Ekman

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Kerstin Lillemor Ekman is a Swedish novelist.
She began her career with a string of successful detective novels (among others De tre små mästarna ("The Three Little Masters") and Dödsklockan ("The Death Clock")) but later went on to persue psychological and social themes. Among her later works are Mörker och blåbärsris ("Darkness and Blueberries"), set in northern Sweden, and Händelser vid vatten (translated as Blackwater), in which she returned to the form of the detective novel.

Ekman was elected a member of the Swedish Academy in 1978, but left the Academy in 1989, together with Lars Gyllensten and Werner Aspenström, due to the debate following death threats posed to Salman Rushdie. According to the rules of the Academy, however, she will remain a passive member for the entirety of her life.

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