Kees Mollema Book order (chronological)

A haunting debut that captures small-town intrigue and dark family secrets. When seventeen-year-old Emma leaves her best friend Abi at a party in the woods, she believes their lives are just beginning. However, that night marks the last time Emma will see Abi, whose disappearance reveals the hidden tensions of Whistling Ridge. The town's intimate history is rife with grudges and resentment, especially within Abi's family. Questions arise about Noah, the older brother feeling betrayed; Jude, the younger sibling concealing his scars; and their parents, Dolly and Samuel, both under the sway of a fire-and-brimstone preacher who controls the town. The arrival of Rat, an outsider, adds further unease to the already volatile atmosphere. The truth of that fateful night at the Tall Bones could ignite the simmering rage in Whistling Ridge. This gripping narrative is filled with poetry, rage, and the complexities of family dynamics, all set against the oppressive backdrop of small-town life. With its chilling and compelling storytelling, this debut is both dark and hopeful, leaving readers spellbound and eager for more.

Iedereen die bekend is met Russo s werk zal Gloversville, ooit beroemd om zijn productie van handschoenen en andere lederwaren, herkennen. Hier groeide de auteur op, de enige zoon van een eerzuchtige moeder en een charmante, onhandige vader die allebei zijn geboren in deze hechte gemeenschap. In zijn kindertijd moest voorspoed onverbiddelijk plaatsmaken voor armoede en ziekte de looierijen verdwenen en had men moeite de eindjes aan elkaar te knopen. Russo heeft een hartverscheurend verhaal geschreven over zijn moeder, wat hij pas heeft kunnen doen nadat ze was overleden. Dit memoir zal veel bij lezers losmaken, omdat we nu eenmaal allemaal een moeder hebben of hebben gehad zij het lang niet allemaal een met een obsessieve-compulsieve stoornis.

The sinking of an ocean liner leaves a newly married woman battling for survival in this powerful debut novel.Grace Winter, 22, is both a newlywed and a widow. She is also on trial for her life.In the summer of 1914, the elegant ocean liner carrying her and her husband Henry across the Atlantic suffers a mysterious explosion. Setting aside his own safety, Henry secures Grace a place in a lifeboat, which the survivors quickly realize is over capacity. For any to live, some must die.As the castaways battle the elements, and each other, Grace recollects the unorthodox way she and Henry met, and the new life of privilege she thought she'd found. Will she pay any price to keep it?The Lifeboat is a page-turning novel of hard choices and survival, narrated by a woman as unforgettable and complex as the events she describes.

A monumentally informed and irresistibly opinionated guide to the most un-Spanish city in Spain, from the bestselling author of The Fatal Shore. In these pages, Robert Hughes scrolls through Barcelona's often violent history; tells the stories of its kings, poets, magnates, and revolutionaries; and ushers readers through municipal landmarks that range from Antoni Gaudi's sublimely surreal cathedral to a postmodern restaurant with a glass-walled urinal. The result is a work filled with the attributes of Barcelona itself: proportion, humor, and seny—the Catalan word for triumphant common sense.