You have me to love
By: Jaap Robben ; translated from the Dutch by David Doherty
Contributors: Doherty, David (Translator), translator
Publisher: World Editions
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781642860016
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Families; Mothers and sons; Guilt; Loss (Psychology); Fiction
Work titles: Birk
Description: "Mikael ... lives with his parents on an island somewhere between Scotland and Norway. One day, Mikael's father Sven saves him from drowning, but Sven himself is thrown against the rocks by a wave and disappears under water. Mikael is in shock and blocks the memory of what took place. When he returns home, he is unable to tell his mother what happened. When Mikael's mother realises that her husband has drowned, she blames Mikael for the death of his father. She forces Mikael to do the unthinkable: to replace his father in every way"--Publisher's description.
Notes: Published in the UK in 2016 by World Editions Ltd, London. First published as Birk in the Netherlands in 2014 by De Geus BV.