Kim van Alkemade Bücher
Diese Autorin erforscht komplexe Familiengeschichten und kulturelle Identitäten. Ihr literarischer Stil zeichnet sich durch tiefe Einblicke in die Charakterpsychologie und eine reiche, bildhafte Sprache aus. Die Werke der Autorin untersuchen oft Themen wie Migration, Verlust und die Suche nach Wurzeln in einer sich wandelnden Welt. Ihr Schreiben bietet eine einzigartige Perspektive auf die Einwanderergeschichte und das Leben ihrer Nachkommen.
In 1919, four-year-old Rachel Rabinowitz is placed in the Hebrew Infant Home where Dr. Mildred Solomon is conducting medical research on the children. Dr. Solomon subjects Rachel to an experimental course of X-ray treatments that establish the doctor's reputation while risking the little girl's health. Now it's 1954, and Rachel is a nurse in the hospice wing of the Old Hebrews Home when elderly Dr. Solomon becomes her patient. Realizing the power she holds over the helpless doctor, Rachel embarks on a dangerous experiment of her own design. Before the night shift ends, Rachel will be forced to choose between forgiveness and revenge
Bachelor Girl
- 405 Seiten
- 15 Lesestunden
From the first paragraphs, BACHELOR GIRL plunges the reader deep into life during the Jazz Age... [T]he mystery of Ruppert's largesse and the slow revealing of other secrets and confessions will keep readers up all night looking for answers alongside Winthrope and Kramer. Booklist, starred review
Huérfana # 8
- 416 Seiten
- 15 Lesestunden
Kim van Alkemade has moxie. In her provocative novel, family is saturated with betrayal, care is interrupted by ambition and desire, and the past is intimately explored, invoking the abandoned child in all of us. Orphan # 8 brims with complicated passions and pitch-perfect historical details. A riveting, memorable debut. -Catherine Zobal Dent, author of Unfinished Stories of Girls