Moederland | Milouska Meulens

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Wanneer op Hemelvaartsdag 2017 haar vader overlijdt, belandt Milouska Meulens in een depressie. De daaropvolgende jaren strandt haar tweede huwelijk en raakt ze haar baan kwijt. Als ook nog de pandemie toeslaat, besluit ze haar kinderen bij hun vader te laten en naar haar moeder te gaan. Ze kan niet meer.

Bij haar moeder mag ze schuilen, zonder schaamte voor het Grote Falen. Haar moeder, die een onbarmhartig verleden meetorst. Haar moeder, van wie ze leerde om zich groot te houden. ‘Laat ze nooit je pijn zien, Uka,’ zei ze altijd, ‘dan kunnen ze niet van je winnen.’ Haar moeder, die gebleven was toen haar vader het gezin in de steek liet en terugging naar Curaçao. Haar moeder, die voor het eerst echt in staat is om voor haar kind te zorgen.

Moederland is de zoektocht van een vrouw die alles kwijt is en die in de donkerste periode van haar leven wil weten wie ze echt is en waar ze thuis is: vaderland of moederland? Die vragen kan Meulens alleen beantwoorden als ze weet waar ze vandaan komt, waar haar moeder en vader vandaan komen, als ze stopt met vluchten, eindelijk de façade afbreekt en de schaamte trotseert. Met de antwoorden die ze vindt, begint het herstel.

Hardcover | 256 pages | ISBN 9789029096959.00

Aftershocks | Nadia Owusu

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Aftershocks is a memoir like no other. Nadia Owusu details her life moving around half the world, death and loss of parents, depression and living with all of it, somehow without the story feeling too heavy. She writes so pure and true to self, it’s hard to put this gripping book away.

Paperback | 320 pages | ISBN: 9781529342895

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