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by Lucas Rijneveld

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What is the purpose of phantasizing about hiding Jews in the cellar?

Stefanie

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Laura No, it does not. It gets much darker, and there is a lot of very graphic child abuse. So, heads up. I got through the book by doing a lot of speed rea…moreNo, it does not. It gets much darker, and there is a lot of very graphic child abuse. So, heads up. I got through the book by doing a lot of speed reading, because it was so painful to read.(less)

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Toeval bestaat niet. Ik lees net het dubbelinterview met Spinvis en Marieke Lucas, wat me raakte en vervolgens open ik mijn mail en zie dat jij haar boek net gelezen hebt. Je geeft het drie sterren, ben jij streng of viel het tegen?

Elszwa Ik ben vast te streng, maar het ongemak werd zo nadrukkelijk gepresenteerd, dat het me begon te irriteren. Vandaar
de 3 sterren.…moreIk ben vast te streng, maar het ongemak werd zo nadrukkelijk gepresenteerd, dat het me begon te irriteren. Vandaar
de 3 sterren.(less)

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How does the book end?

Mary Erickson

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Jana Goes I think it was a connection with her brother who died under the ice of a frozen lake. Secondly, I think she felt a special connection to the basement,…moreI think it was a connection with her brother who died under the ice of a frozen lake. Secondly, I think she felt a special connection to the basement, where she believed Jews were hiding, who were scared and repressed too during the war.(less)

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When do the events of this book take place? The only concrete reference in my Finnish edition says Adolf Hitler died 46 years ago, which would place this in 1991. That sounds off because the book also mentions "googling", portable CD players and Robbie Williams on a Hitzone album. Is that perhaps a translation mistake? 2001 sounds more reasonable, and apparently, an FMD outbreak happened in the Netherlands in 2001.

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Is het vertaalde Engels boek zo goed als het originele Nederlands?

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