Description: A reinterpretation through short stories, poems, and essays of the experiences of the author's mother and others in Nazi-occupied Holland. The book explores going into hiding, life in an occupied country, the work of the Dutch Resistance, liberation, collective and individual cultural memory, and wartime childhoods.
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Carolyne Van Der Meer is the author of Motherlode: A Mosaic of Dutch Wartime Experience (WLU, 2014); Journeywoman (Inanna, 2017); and Heart of Goodness: The Life of Marguerite Bourgeoys in 30 Poems Du coeur à l'âme: La vie de Marguerite Bourgeoys en 30 poèmes (Guernica, 2020), which was awarded second prize in the Poetry Category of the Catholic Media Association's 2021 Annual Book Awards. Another poetry collection, Sensorial, was published by Inanna in 2022.
Review Quotes: A mesmerizing journey through occupied wartime Netherlands; the voices emerging from the pages are haunting: replete with powerful emotions and modernity.--Isabelle Laflèche, author of J'adore New York and J'adore Paris, 2013 November