pickPost-war Overijssel, the Netherlands. Reconstruction and recovery in full swing, memories of the Holocaust hidden as much as possible.
Isabel lives alone in her deceased mother's house, where everything moves along quietly until her brother Louis shows up with his girlfriend Eva to spend the summer with her.
I think I‘ve found my #booker winner. I‘ve read only 5 so far but it will be hard for the others to beat this one. What a book ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
JenP, AnneCecilie, TheKidUpstairs, Leniverse, charl08, rmaclean4, squirrelbrain, JamieArc, Graywacke, jlhammarAnneCecilie This sounds promising. This was the book the Booker test told me to read first. 6mo
BarbaraBB @AnneCecilie Mine too and I am glad I did! I think you‘re going to love it. 6mo
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BarbaraBB @LaraReads @Hooked_on_Books @BarkingMadRead @BookBelle84 @jenniferw88 @julesG @Deblovestoread @Librarybelle @triplem80 @Read4Life @Bluebird 6mo
Hooked_on_books Oh wow! This sounded interesting to me when it came out. Between yours and Helen‘s @squirrelbrain reviews, I clearly need to check it out! 6mo
charl08 That's a quick translation, too 👏👏👏 6mo
BarbaraBB @charl08 The author‘s Dutch, I think the translation went pretty smooth! 6mo
Librarybelle Stacking! 6mo
squirrelbrain Yes, I think it might be top of my list too, even though I loved Stone Yard Devotional as well. @Hooked_on_books 6mo
TheKidUpstairs I read this one this week at the cottage, couldn't agree more! 6mo
jlhammar Oh good, I‘m so looking forward to this one! 6mo
sarahbarnes Wow, what a review! I do have my eye on this one, and now ever more so! 6mo
Graywacke @charl08 i don‘t think it‘s a translation, even though the author is Dutch. Because the Booker has a separate award for translation. 6mo
Graywacke @BarbaraBB this gets such mixed reviews on the fb Booker Prize Book Club. I‘m hoping i love it as much as it seems you have. I‘ve been looking forward to it. 6mo
BarbaraBB @Graywacke @charl08 she wrote it in English and two translators are mentioned on the Dutch edition but I think the author must have had a part in it too. It reads like a Dutch book, not as a translation at all (i am mostly no fan of Dutch translations of English books) 🤷🏻♀️ 6mo
BarbaraBB @Graywacke Does it get mixed reviews? I really can‘t imagine why! I‘ll check that FB pages! 6mo
Suet624 The umpteenth book I have on hold at the library based on your recommendation. 😊 6mo
Suet624 @squirrelbrain just put on hold on Stone Yard. 🤞🏻🤞🏻 6mo
squirrelbrain I hope you like it when it arrives! @Suet624 6mo
BarbaraBB @Suet624 Lol 🤣 and again I think you‘d love this one too! 6mo