Unnatural Mothers
by Renate Dorrestein
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Archeologist Zwier's wife Bonnie left him years ago with the task of raising their daughter, Mary Emma. Now Zwier is bringing the eleven-year-old back to Holland from Africa. Their arrival brings long-hidden tensions and secrets into view - and forces changes in the life of Zwier, Bonnie and her relatives, and most importantly, Mary Emma herself.Tags
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Een echte Dorrestein, veel ellende en ontwikkelingen maar ook een heel sympathiek en wijs meisje van 11 jaar als hoofdpersoon. Het eindigt onverwacht en niet echt positief.
Eerste boek wat ik van haar las en gelijk helemaal verkocht. Prachtig hoe ze de karakters uit diept en toch ook weer het mysterie bewaart.
Jun 11, 2009Dutch
een vrouw laat haar kind achter bij de vader
Mar 31, 2010Dutch
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Renate Dorrestein is an internationally acclaimed author and one of Holland's best loved novelists. She was a journalist before writing her first novel, Outsiders, which was published in 1983. Her books have regularly appeared at the top of Dutch bestseller lists ever since. The recipient of numerous awards, her novels have been published in more show more than fifteen countries. She lives in the Netherlands Hester Velmans was born in the Netherlands and now lives outside New York City with her husband and two children. She has translated Edith's Story by Edith Velmans, The Lily Theater by Lulu Wang, and Dorrestein's A Heart of Stone, which received the prestigious Vondel Translation Prize show less
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- Canonical title
- Unnatural Mothers
- Original publication date
- 1992
- People/Characters*
- Meijken Bentveld; Zwier; Maryemma; Minnie; Bonnie Bentveld; Gert Balm (show all 7); Hubertus Sticklebauer
- Important places*
- Sibculo
- First words*
- Gisteravond zag ik in de lounge van het hotel een man die op Zwier leek, en met een schok constateerde ik dat mij hart nog steeds een slag oversloeg bij die onverwachte aanblik.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Het is in elk geval te proberen.
- Original language*
- Nederlands
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 839.31364 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures Other Germanic literatures Netherlandish literatures Dutch Dutch fiction 20th Century 1945-1999
- LCC
- PT5881.14 .O67 .O772 — Language and Literature German, Dutch and Scandinavian literatures Dutch literature Individual authors or works 1961-2000
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- Dutch, English, German
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- Paper, Ebook
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