Cette auteure combine son expertise en traduction avec une voix narrative distinctive, apportant une perspective unique à la fiction. Ses propres écrits plongent dans des décors historiques, réimaginant des contes familiers dans de nouveaux contextes et explorant leurs dimensions humaines. Elle crée également des histoires pour enfants pleines d'imagination qui captivent les jeunes lecteurs. Son travail se caractérise par un engagement profond envers la littérature et l'expérience humaine.
A stranded humpback whale on Cape Cod connects two teens, Isabel and Jessaloup, who undergoes a transformation into a boy. As they navigate the challenges of teaching him human behavior, they must also rally support to avert an impending natural disaster threatening the East Coast. Facing skepticism, jealousy, and misunderstandings, the duo must work together against the clock, all while contending with the added challenge of Jessaloup's musical shortcomings. Their journey emphasizes friendship, courage, and the urgency of their mission.
The narrative explores the life of a remarkable woman who serves as the muse for the author behind one of the most iconic tales in literature. Through her influence, the author finds the inspiration needed to create a timeless story that resonates with readers across generations. The book delves into their relationship, highlighting themes of creativity, passion, and the profound impact one individual can have on another’s artistic journey.
An award-winning, internationally bestselling author makes her American debut with this taut, riveting domestic drama with the compulsive intensity of The Good Girl, The Pocket Wife, and The Stranger, about a long-lost brother convicted of a horrifying crime and a sister’s fight to clear his name. A single mother and lawyer, Iris has a colorful caseload, a young son with behavior issues, and a judgmental mother. She also has a brother—shocking news she uncovers by accident. Why did her mother lie to her for her entire life? Why did she hide the existence of Ray Boelens from her? Curious about this sibling she has never known, Iris begins to search for long-buried truths. What she discovers surprises—and horrifies—her. Her older brother is autistic—and in prison for brutally murdering his neighbor and her daughter. Visiting Ray, she meets a man who looks heartbreakingly like her own son. A man who is devoted to his tropical fish and who loves baking bread. A man whose naiveté unnerves her. There is no question that Ray is odd and obsessive, unable to communicate like the rest of us. But is he really a killer? Told in the alternative voices of Ray and Iris, Girl in the Dark is a compulsive, page-turning thriller about lies, murder, and the tenacity of a family determined to stay together even as they are pulled apart at the most vulnerable seams.
Hendrik Groen may be old, but he is far from dead and isn't planning to be buried any time soon. Granted, his daily strolls are getting shorter because his legs are no longer willing and he had to visit his doctor more than he'd like. Technically speaking he is ... elderly. But surely there is more to life at his age than weak tea and potted geraniums?Hendrik sets out to write an exposé: a year in the life of his care home in Amsterdam, revealing all its ups and downs not least his new endeavour the anarchic Old-But-Not Dead Club. And when Eefje moves in - the woman Hendrik has always longed for - he polishes his shoes (and his teeth), grooms what's left of his hair and attempts to make something of the life he has left, with hilarious, tender and devastating consequences
