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Nothing Like a Dane

by Keri Bloomfield (Pembar Press, $37)

Things you might not know about Denmark: nine out of 10 Danes own a bike, only four out of 10 own a car, the word “please” doesn’t exist in the Danish language and babies sleep in prams outside, no matter how cold it is. Something else you might not know about Denmark: if you’re a Kiwi living there, life can be challenging. In 2014, Keri Bloomfield met her Danish husband in a Wellington bar. Fast forward a few years, and the couple and their baby daughter are living in Copenhagen.

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