You Have Me to Love

✍ Scribed by Jaap Robben

• Book ID: 115168089
• Publisher: World Editions
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 429 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781642860016

✦ Synopsis

"You Have Me to Love is an intense and dramatic novel filled with meticulous use of detail and a forensic psychological accuracy. Its power comes from the fierce energy of the narrative structure, the way of handling silence and pain, and the ability to confront the darkest areas of experience with clear-eyed sympathy and care. Jaap Robben handles delicate, dangerous material with subtlety and sympathy, but also with a visionary sense of truth that is masterly and unforgettable." --Colm Tóibín , author of House of Names and Brooklyn

Mikael lives with his parents on an island somewhere between Scotland and Norway. One day Mikael's father saves him from drowning in the ocean, but is himself thrown against the rocks by a wave and disappears under water. In shock and unable to speak, Mikael blocks out the memory of what took place, silently joining his mother in the search for his missing father. As Mikael's mother realizes her husband has...