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Name: Stir-fry
Author: Emma Donoghue

In het hart van Dublin volgt de roman een jonge studente die een kamer bemachtigt bij twee vrouwen. Terwijl haar vriendschap zich ontwikkelt, wordt de ware relatie tussen haar huisgenoten onthuld, waardoor de dynamiek in haar leven en hun leven drastisch verschuift.

First publish date: 1994

Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction

Authors: Emma Donoghue

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