Marijke Schermer – författare

For fans of Marriage Story and Elena Ferrante's Days of AbandonmentTerri runs off with a lover, abandoning her children and her marriage of twenty-five years. Her husband, David, is left to take care of their two daughters, one of whom is falling in love for the first time. These four people start to question their identity outside the nuclear family. What remains of a disintegrated home, and what changes? Marijke Schermer's Love, If That's What It Is gives a kaleidoscopic view of a divorce, permitting the reader to enter the heads of not only the spouses, but also of the two daughters and the divorcees' new lovers. Through several characters, the reader is presented with just as many views on relationships, while Schermer remains impartial and thus confronts readers with their own-perhaps shaky-romantic principles. What is love? With fresh flair and provocative perspectives, Schermer manages to provide an original and versatile answer.

A novel about a marriage torn apart by a violent secret for fans of Lauren Groff''s Fates and Furies

Emilia has it all: arewarding career as a statistician, a wonderful husband, two healthy young sons,and a house in the countryside. But when a brief moment of panic triggers thememory of a traumatic experience from twelve years before, Emilia finds herselffloating away from her average existence. The secret she’s kept for so longrefuses to stay hidden, and as Emilia’s grip on reality loosens, heavy rainsbegin to fall and the river threatens to overflow the house. In this criticallyacclaimed novel, Schermer explores the impact of sexual violence, and whetheror not it’s possible to truly know another person. Breakwater is a haunting examination of memory and trauma, writtenin prose stunning in its frankness and precision.

Marijke Schermer's Love, If That's What It Is gives a kaleidoscopic view of a divorce, permitting the reader to enter the heads of not only the spouses, but also of the two daughters and their new lovers. Through several characters, the reader is presented with just as many views on relationships, while Schermer remains impartial and thus confronts readers with their own - perhaps shaky - romantic principles. What is love? With fresh flair and provocative perspectives, Schermer manages to provide an original and versatile answer

Emilia has it all: a rewarding career as a statistician, a wonderful husband, and two healthy young sons. Having escaped Amsterdam for a life in the countryside, she and Bruch pass their time performing endless jobs around the house. But when a brief moment of panic triggers the memory of a traumatic experience from twelve years before, Emilia finds herself floating away from her average existence. The secret she's kept for so long refuses to stay hidden, and as Emilia's grip on reality loosens, heavy rains begin to fall. In this critically acclaimed novel, Schermer explores the impact of sexual violence, and whether or not it's possible to truly know another person. Breakwater is a haunting examination of memory and trauma, written in prose stunning in its frankness and precision.

Emilias Leben scheint perfekt zu sein. Sie liebt ihren Job, ist glücklich verheiratet und Mutter zweier kleiner Söhne. Seit die Familie vor den Toren Amsterdams lebt, verbringen Emilia und ihr Mann ihre Zeit damit, den Kindern hinterherzurennen, Freunde einzuladen und ihr Haus zu renovieren. Sie erfreuen sich an den kleinen Dingen des Lebens. Doch dann bricht die Vergangenheit in die Gegenwart ein, die Erinnerung an ein traumatisches Erlebnis überfällt Emilia, und ihre Welt gerät aus den Fugen ... Zwölf Jahre lang hat Emilia ein schreckliches Geheimnis gehütet, kann sie es weiter verbergen? Würde ihr Mann verstehen, dass sie so lange geschwiegen hat? Während Emilia mit ihrer Vergangenheit ringt, zieht das Misstrauen ein in ihre Ehe. Und der Himmel über der ländlichen Idylle verfinstert sich. Ein Roman über die Paradoxien des Zusammenlebens - das Bedürfnis nach Freiheit und die Sehnsucht nach Intimität, der die Frage stellt, ob wir einander je wirklich kennen können, ob nicht ein jeder von uns unter seiner eigenen Glasglocke lebt.