We Have Something to Tell You
The author has been translated into German, Italian and Russian
Including topical themes such as divorce, diversity and inclusion
We have something to tell you…
With these words, 13-year-old Hazel’s parents announce their divorce, shattering the family into pieces. Hazel is sent to stay with her grandmother, who lives on one of the islands. Hazel is very unhappy about that, for how can she keep her parents together if she is not with them?
While tidying her dementia-stricken grandmother’s cluttered house, she finds a box full of her father’s photos and belongings and a stack of letters her grandmother kept hidden. Hazel realises that her mission to keep her parents together is doomed to failure. Meanwhile, on the island, she gets to know Kean, the dreamy boy who quotes poetry, his extraordinary cousin Raven, and Grandma’s blind dog, Vincent. That summer, Hazel learns all about letting go and accepting, in all of its forms…
Praise:
‘Notes to Pelle by Marlies Slegers is a touching book about grief, but also about standing up for yourself and falling in love […] The story is told in a literary manner, sometimes with tension and at the right times with lots of humour.’ – Toin Duijx, Friesch Dagblad on Notes to Pelle
‘Marlies Slegers paints a touching and engaging portrait of a boy coping with and overcoming the loss of his deceased father.’ – Trouw on Notes to Pelle
