“ At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent. ” ― Barbara Bush
Arend had nooit geboren mogen worden. Al vanaf zijn eerste levensdag kent hij geen vreugde, geen geluk en geen thuis. Hij is daarenboven te groot, te zwaar, te lelijk en vooral te veel. Zijn moeder geeft hem meer slaag dan liefde. De enige uitlaatklep waa
‘Ik weet niet of je het al hebt gehoord, maar ons land heeft dringend helden nodig. Echte helden.’Augustus 1914. In Londen melden duizenden jongemannen zich aan om te gaan vechten tegen de Duitsers. Martin Bromley, zeventien en te jong voor het leger,
Frank and Phinus have been happily married for fourteen years when a senseless act loses them their only child, their teenage son Jem. From then on they are immersed in a nightmare from which there seems to be no escape. Phinus loses her ability to sleep,
Seamlessly alternating the past and present, taut with Hitchcockian tension and warmed by a redemptive love story, A Heart of Stone tells a darkly humorous, yet ultimately compassionate tale.Renate Dorrestein is that rare storyteller who dazzles critics a
Winner of the Netherlands' most prestigious children's book award, this epic adventure quest draws readers deep into a collective dream world — and sweeps them along on a riveting journey through a reimagined past."They're going to send you on a sales t
For years after Anne Frank's diary was published, the identity of her 'best friend' was secret. Then Jacqueline van Maarsen owned up. Here, Maarsen writes about the Anne she knew and presents a moving account of their remarkable friendship, and also provi
When Hitler invaded Holland in 1939, Edith van Hessen was a popular Dutch high school student. She also happened to be Jewish. In the same month that Anne Frank's family went into hiding, Edith was sent to live with a courageous Protestant family, took a
From the throes of his death bed, Dutch pharmaceutical entrepreneur and megalomaniac Mordecai de Paauw reflects on his life as the co-founder and CEO of Farmacon: the first company to standardize and distribute the contraceptive pill worldwide. With the f
An award-winning, internationally bestselling author makes her American debut with this taut, riveting domestic drama—a twisting tale of psychological suspense about a long-lost brother convicted of a horrifying crime and a sister’s fight to clear his
