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BREAKWATER - MARIJKE SCHERMER KARTONIERT (TB)

Widely compared to the work of Ian McEwan  with an ending that mocks classical forms and norms
Marijke Schermer’s debut novel  published in 2016  before Love  If That’s What It Is  but never
translated into English World Editions has published Schermers 2nd book already in 2022  to a
great Publishers Weekly review: The author expertly humanizes each of the characters’ desires
and flaws as she illuminates the raw  inner workings of a broken marriage. This is as cathartic
as it is gut-churning. (Feb.)” As she did in Love  If That’s What It Is  Schermer brings forth
the unspoken paradoxes that lurk in every household  the need to be sheltered versus the desire
to be free  the craving for intimacy versus the inability to share one’s secrets A woman who
seems to have it all is haunted by a traumatic experience of sexual violence in her past  which
she has kept hidden from her husband and her inability to tell him drives the couple apart
Timely climate-change angle  as heavy rains and flooding mirror the main character’s emotional
turmoil Schermer’s knife-sharp observations about human behavior and the incompetence to
express oneself and really communicate with each other are absolutely masterful A refreshingly
non-conformist take on marriage and the loss of personal identity that comes with it Breakwater
is currently being made into a film Books about marriage and secrets are a category in their
own right  with lots of dedicated readers Books about Marriage and Secret titles on Book Riot
https:  bookriot.com books-about-marriage-and-secrets  Rights sold: Germany (Kampa Verlag) 
Denmark (Grif)  Spain (Alfaguara) Shortlisted for the ECI Literary Prize 2017

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