Showing results for "Wendy" in Contemporary Fiction

Een invoelend geschreven, meeslepend verhaal over vriendschap, liefde en de verstrekkende gevolgen van gebeurtenissen in iemands jeugd. Femke Martens, de zus van Jelle uit Brokers' roman Leven met een leugen , lijkt alles mee te hebben: ze is jong, mooi, heeft een fijne baan waarvoor ze door heel Europa reist, en nooit gebrek aan aandacht van mannen. Huisje, boompje, beestje is aan haar niet besteed. Maar er is ook een keerzijde. Niemand kent de echte Femke of neemt de moeite om haar te leren kennen.

Curl Curl, Sydney, January 1978. Angie's a looker. Or she's going to be. She's only 14, but already, heads turn wherever she goes. Male heads, mainly...Jane worships her older cousin Angie. She spends her summer vying for Angie's attention. Then Angie is murdered. Jane and her family are shattered. They withdraw into themselves, casting a veil of silence over Angie's death. Thirty years later, a journalist arrives with questions about the tragic event. Jane is relieved to finally talk about her adored cousin. And so is her family.

Jada Jackson is the most average of teenage girls. She, like the other girls, has never considered any option other than to attend the local, completely average high school. When the mysterious Miss Genevieve informs Jada that she has been invited to enroll in a seemingly prestigious, yet curious, school for young ladies, Jada hardly hesitates to accept the offer. But on her very first day, Jada learns that Miss Genevieve's promises are more fraught than they initially seemed.