Persoonlijk relaas van een jonge vrouw die op twaalfjarige leeftijd werd ontvoerd en seksueel misbruikt door de Belgische pedofiel en moordenaar Marc Dutroux.
Joris Vermeulen Books
The Penguin Lessons
- 229 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Tom Michell is in his roaring twenties: single, free-spirited and seeking adventure. He has a plane ticket to South America, a teaching position in a prestigious Argentinian boarding school and endless summer holidays. He even has a motorbike! What he doesn't need is a pet. What he really doesn't need is a pet penguin. Set against Argentina's turbulent years, this is the heart-warming story of Juan Salvador the penguin, rescued by Tom from an oil slick in Uruguay just days before a new term. When the bird refuses to leave Tom's side, he has no choice but to smuggle it through customs, across the border and back to school, where it soon transforms the lives of all they meet ...
A Gesture Life is a haunting, compelling exploration of the Japanese experience of the Second World War, and the fate of their 'comfort women'.
Midnight in Sicily
- 336 pages
- 12 hours of reading
A journey into the heart of Sicily, using art, food, history and literature to shed light on southern Italy's legacy of political corruption and violent crime. The book takes as its starting point the ongoing trial of seven-times Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti.
Stephen Florida
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Stephen Florida is worstelaar op een college in North Dakota. Het enige wat voor hem telt is het winnen van de titelbeker. Elke training, elke wedstrijd is een stap dichter bij de top en een stap dichter bij de waanzin. Met zijn onweerstaanbare stem neemt Stephen Florida je mee in dit claustrofobische verhaal over eenzaamheid, obsessie en de drang naar succes.