The Girl Who Wasn’t Supposed To Be
Publisher: Luitingh-Sijthoff
Are you more than your parents’ choices?
It takes courage to face the past, and strength to let it go again
A brilliant story about a mother-daughter relationship including essential themes of connection, identity and trust
Sheds light on the underexposed vulnerable position of women after WWII
1961. In the year of the Eichmann trial, 16-year-old Ditte gets a school assignment on World War II. She is paired with a new girl in the class,
Rivka. But Ditte knows virtually nothing about the war past of her mother, Nora. She doesn’t even know who her biological father is. Since her mother refuses to tell her anything, Ditte starts her own investigation. The truth is more disconcerting than she could have imagined. Are you more than your parents’ choices? And can she remain friends with Rivka?
1943. Sixteen-year-old Nora yearns for life: love, dancing, being happy. But war brings her life to a stop. During a resistance job, she meets a boy with whom she does not want to fall in love with, but it is insurmountable. This love changes her life forever
Praise:
‘We know things are not black and white, but through these interesting life stories, Geldof emphasizes that message.’ – Jaap Friso
