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Author:

Heemstra, Marjolijn van, 1981- author.

Title:

In search of a name : a novel / Marjolijn van Heemstra ; translated by Jonathan Reeder.

Edition:

First Atria Books hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Atria Books,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

196 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Netherlands--Fiction.
Pregnant women--Fiction.
Uncles--Fiction.
Heroes--Fiction.
Family secrets--Fiction.
Autobiographical fiction.
Historical fiction.

Other Authors:

Reeder, Jonathan. translator.

Other Titles:

En we noemen hem. English

Notes:

"Originally published in the Netherland ins 2017 by Das Mag Uitgeverij B. V. as En we noemen hem"--Title page verso.

Summary:

"Marjolijn van Heemstra has heard about her great-uncle's heroism for as long as she can remember. As a resistance fighter, he was the mastermind of a bombing operation that killed a Dutch man who collaborated with the Nazis, and later became a hero to everyone in the family. So, when Marjolijn's grandmother bestows her with her great-uncle's signet ring requesting that she name her future son after him, Marjolijn can't say no. Now pregnant with her firstborn, she embarks on a quest to uncover the true story behind the myth of her late relative. Chasing leads from friends and family, and doing her own local research, Marolijn realizes that the audacious story she always heard is not as clear-cut as it was made out to be. As her belly grows, her doubts grow, too - was her uncle a hero or a criminal? Vivid, hypnotic, and profoundly moving, In Search of a Name explores war and its aftermath and how the stories we tell and the stories we are told always seem to exist somewhere between truth and fiction. "--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1982100486
9781982100483

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1206357383

LCCN:

bl2020067976

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

ZBPE245 -- Norelius Community Library (Denison)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

BIPB251 -- Van Meter Public Library (Van Meter)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)