The Darkness that Divides Us

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By Renate Dorrestein

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The Darkness that Divides Us tells the haunting story of Lucy, once the most popular girl on her peaceful Dutch housing estate, whose life is shattered by a bizarre crime that imprisons her mother and turns her into the target of relentless bullying. Seeking refuge, Lucy's family moves to a remote Scottish island, but the shadows of the past remain ever-present. Told through the alternating voices of Lucy and her tormentors, this emotionally gripping novel weaves a dark atmospheric tale of family drama and mystery.
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This book will appeal to readers who enjoy intense psychological drama and mysteries with complex characters and emotional depth.

Beautiful, happy people? No. Outcasts, bullies, a bizarre murder, drama, mystery, a child's heartache? Yes.

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Beautiful, happy people? No. Outcasts, bullies, a bizarre murder, drama, mystery, a child's heartache? Yes.

Lucy is the most popular girl in the local elementary school of an idyllic Dutch housing estate. When a bizarre crime rocks her world and sends her mother to prison, Lucy is turned into an outcast and her childhood becomes an ordeal of constant, vicious bullying. After her mother's release, Lucy's family decides to escape and make a clean start on a rugged Scottish island. But even here, in this remote corner of the world, Lucy's past holds a firm grip on her. Told in the alternating voices of the bullies and Lucy, this darkly atmospheric and emotionally gripping story is part family drama and part mystery.

Just a remarkable book. Haunting characters, amazing voice, propulsive plot. I hope we see a lot more from Dorrestein. Count me among her fans. - Karen Joy Fowler, author of The Jane Austen Book Club

Dorrestein knows how to chill her readers with tragedy and then melt their hearts with forgiveness. - Susan Vreeland on A Heart of Stone

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781642860146

Publisher: World Editions

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 May 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: World Editions

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

Translated by Hester Velmans

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 139.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 336

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Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Renate Dorrestein

About the Author

RENATE DORRESTEIN (1954-2018) is an internationally best-selling author who occupies a unique position within Dutch literature. An extraordinary storyteller, known for her unsentimental depiction of children and their flawed families, Dorrestein's wicked humor offsets the darkness of her subjects. Her novels have been made into films and translated into 15 languages.

HESTER VELMANS was born in Amsterdam, but lived in five different countries while growing up, before finally settling in western Massachusetts. She is the author of the popular children's books Isabel of the Whales and Jessaloup's Song. The recipient of an NEA Translation Fellowship in 2014, she was previously awarded the Vondel Prize for her translation of Renate Dorrestein's A Heart of Stone. Her most recent novel, Slipper, was published in April 2018.