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For readers of quirky Scandinavian fiction comes this charming and witty debut novel by Emmy Abrahamsonperfect for fans of Jonas Jonasson.Love stinks. Or maybe it just needs a shower . . . Vienna: famous for Mozart, waltzes, and pastry; less famous for Julia, a Swedish transplant who spends her days teaching English to unemployed Austrians and her evenings watching Netflix with her cat or club hopping with a frenemy. An aspiring novelist, Julias full of ideas for future bestsellers: A writer moves his family to a deserted hotel in the dead of winter and spirals into madness! A homely governess loves a brooding man whose crazy wife is locked up in the attic! Fine, so theyve been done. Doesnt mean Julia wont find something original.Then something original finds Juliasits down next to her on a bench, as a matter of fact.