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What is the origin of Theres' name? Jerry mentions "that Baader-Meinhof chick" but I can't find reference to a Theres in anything about the militant group. Does anyone know who it was and how it relates to Theres of the novel?

Fanny ✨ from what i found, according to the book "theres" by steve sem-sandberg (1996), the name theres apparently comes from a code name that rote armee frak…morefrom what i found, according to the book "theres" by steve sem-sandberg (1996), the name theres apparently comes from a code name that rote armee fraktion-member gudrun ensslin gave ulrike meinhof (which is whom jerry refers to when he says "that baader-meinhof chick") when they were in jail. i didn't know anything about this particular group before the short mention of it in "little star" but from what i've read now it seems like "theres" in sem-sandbergs book was also quiet, incapable of being anyone else than whom she was, bound to the language she spoke and given no real opportunities to change her way of living.(less)

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Does this one have as many creepy pedophilia vibes as Let the Right One In? It sounds like something I'd like to read, but so did LTROI...

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