The boy between worlds : a biography

Zijl, Annejet van der 1962- (author.). Gehrman, Kristen, (translator.).

Summary: When they fell in love in 1928, Rika and Waldemar could not have been more different. She was a thirty-seven-year-old Dutch-born mother, estranged from her husband. He was her immigrant boarder, not yet twenty, and a wealthy Surinamese descendant of slaves. The child they have together, brown skinned and blue eyed, brings the couple great joy yet raises some eyebrows. Until the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands explodes their promising life. What unfolds is more than the astonishing story of a love that prevailed over convention. It's also the quest of a young boy. Through the cruelty of World War II, he will fight for a connection between his father's South American birthplace and his mother's European traditions. Lost and displaced for much of his life, but with a legacy of resilience in his blood, he will struggle to find his place in the world. Moving deftly between personal experience and the devastating machinations of war, The Boy Between Worlds is an unforgettable journey of hope, love, and courage in the face of humanity's darkest hour.

Item details

ISBN: 9781542007313
ISBN: 1542007313
ISBN: 9781542040099
ISBN: 1542040094
Physical Description: print
206 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Seattle : AmazonCrossing, 2019.
Copyright: ©2019

Contents / Notes

General Note:	"Previously published as Sonny Boy by Nijgh & Van Ditmar and Em. Querido's Uitgeverij in the Netherlands in 2004 and 2009." -- Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-206)