Lady Liberty/Frihetsgudinnan

At nineteen, Vendela is finally in love for the first time – truly, headover-heels in love. The only problem is that it’s with her best friend, Blanca, who has just gotten together with someone else. So what do you do? Vendela’s solution is to quickly invent a boyfriend in New York, buy a one-way ticket, and leave at once.

As luck would have it, on the plane she meets the perfect New York mentor: the cool, independent Carmen, who immediately takes her under her wing. Carmen teaches her how to live without answering to anyone and how to find herself among Brooklyn’s bridges and bars. Exactly what Vendela needs to mend her broken heart – or so she thinks…

Sophia Westin, born 1991, debuts with a warm and humorous comingof-age novel for young adults. Laby Liberty is a love story about first heartbreak and the sometimes hard-to-draw boundaries of friendship, but also a bittersweet tribute to the city that symbolizes all the possibilities in the world – at least on the surface.