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The Herd: A Novel (urspr publ 2020; utgåvan 2020)

av Andrea Bartz (Författare)

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"The name of the elite, women-only coworking space stretches across the wall behind the check-in desk: THE HERD, the H-E-R always in purple. In-the-know New Yorkers crawl over each other to apply for membership to this community that prides itself on mentorship and empowerment. Among the hopefuls is Katie Bradley, who's just returned from the Midwest after a stint of book research blew up in her face. Luckily, Katie has an "in," thanks to her sister Hana, an original Herder and the best friend of Eleanor Gleason, its charismatic founder. Eleanor is a queen among The Herd's sun-filled rooms, admired and quietly feared, even as she strives to be warm and approachable. As head of PR, Hana is working around the clock in preparation for a huge announcement from Eleanor--one that would change the trajectory of The Herd forever. Though Katie loves her sister's crew, she secretly hopes she's found her next book subject in Eleanor, who's brilliant, trailblazing--and extremely private. Then, on the night of the glitzy Herd news conference, Eleanor vanishes without a trace. Everybody has a theory about what made Eleanor run, but when the police suspect foul play, everyone is a suspect: Eleanor's husband, other Herders, the men's rights groups that have had it out for The Herd since its launch--even Eleanor's closest friends. As Hana struggles to figure out what her friend was hiding and Katie chases the story of her life, the sisters must face down the secrets they're keeping from each other--and confront just how dangerous it can be when women's perfect veneers start to crack, crumble, and then fall away all together"--… (mer)

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Titel:	The Herd: A Novel
Författare:	Andrea Bartz (Författare)
Info:	Ballantine Books (2020), 337 pages
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This book seemed like it took forever to get through! Katie, a writer, wants to write an expose on her sister's, Hana's, friend, Eleanor who owns the women co-working space called The HERD. But, Eleanor goes missing after attempts at blackmail, and disgusting graffiti is found. When she is later discovered dead, the women all become suspects. As they attempt to unravel what could have happened and why, many secrets come out.
I think this book could have been so much better, but it dragged on for me. (

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rmarcin | Jan 30, 2024 |

The Herd is a fiction book on the difficult subject of childhood vaccinations. This is a decision every parent has to make for their child, particularly the MMR vaccine which is the main highlight of this book.
So what if your best friend knows your child needed to be kept safe as they could not have the vaccines due to poor health and then decided to tell a lie about their child’s vaccine status so her child could attend the other child’s party? How would you react? Especially when things take a turn for the worse.
This was an interesting and enlightening read. I see and hear about it frequently in real life, especially having three children, should you vaccinate or not, do these vaccines cause problems down the line? It’s all thoughts that go through our minds. I can also understand why people choose not to have them. It is a very personal choice and people should be allowed to make their own decisions.
This would make a good book club read as there is plenty to discuss throughout.
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StressedRach | Jun 2, 2023 |

Timely novel about the currently contentious issue of vaccination. Through a variety of none-too likeable & often irritating characters & social media intrusions, Emily Edwards shows various beliefs sympathetically, whilst putting forward the case for vaccination.

It actually had the effect of prompting me to Google about the discredited research linking MMR to autism, which I found eye-opening. (

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LARA335 | Feb 20, 2023 |

Standard murder mystery plot jazzed up with modern tech culture and feminist themes. (

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BibliophageOnCoffee | Aug 12, 2022 |

The author means herd as in a phenomenon that protects the weak in greater numbers of strength, but it also has connotations of blindly following and keeping to accepted norms. The more women try to stand out from the herd, the more you realize they all do it in the same ways. There’s a lot of that here and it was interesting to see the world from the POV of women of ages that could be my daughter. At first it was nice; they all seem to want that close sister-hood thing where they genuinely care about and support each other. Seemingly selflessly. The women aren’t endlessly catty, competitive, or conniving. There is a lot of crying. The implication is that the patriarchy works that way, but women don’t and don’t have to. Thus the safe co-working space called The Herd. But it’s elitist and snotty and focuses on hyper-accomplishment and polish more than actual output or worthy endeavors and in the end the trend isn’t really bucked. Eleanor's first business was a frigging make up company after all. Still buying into the system, convincing others to do so too and making a killing. The more things change, the more things stay the same. (

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"The name of the elite, women-only coworking space stretches across the wall behind the check-in desk: THE HERD, the H-E-R always in purple. In-the-know New Yorkers crawl over each other to apply for membership to this community that prides itself on mentorship and empowerment. Among the hopefuls is Katie Bradley, who's just returned from the Midwest after a stint of book research blew up in her face. Luckily, Katie has an "in," thanks to her sister Hana, an original Herder and the best friend of Eleanor Gleason, its charismatic founder. Eleanor is a queen among The Herd's sun-filled rooms, admired and quietly feared, even as she strives to be warm and approachable. As head of PR, Hana is working around the clock in preparation for a huge announcement from Eleanor--one that would change the trajectory of The Herd forever. Though Katie loves her sister's crew, she secretly hopes she's found her next book subject in Eleanor, who's brilliant, trailblazing--and extremely private. Then, on the night of the glitzy Herd news conference, Eleanor vanishes without a trace. Everybody has a theory about what made Eleanor run, but when the police suspect foul play, everyone is a suspect: Eleanor's husband, other Herders, the men's rights groups that have had it out for The Herd since its launch--even Eleanor's closest friends. As Hana struggles to figure out what her friend was hiding and Katie chases the story of her life, the sisters must face down the secrets they're keeping from each other--and confront just how dangerous it can be when women's perfect veneers start to crack, crumble, and then fall away all together"--

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