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Books by Renate Dorrestein
  | | Thorndike Basic Ser.(Large Print) A Heart of Stone by Renate Dorrestein, Hester Velmans Hardcover, 340 Pages, Published 2001 by Thorndike Pr Formato Grande ISBN-13: 978-0-7862-3229-1, ISBN: 0-7862-3229-3 |
 | | The Darkness that Divides Us by Renate Dorrestein, Hester Velmans Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2019 by World Editions ISBN-13: 978-1-64286-014-6, ISBN: 1-64286-014-X "“Just a remarkable book. Haunting characters, amazing voice, propulsive plot. I hope we see a lot more from Dorrestein. Count me among her fans.”―Karen Joy Fowler, author of The Jane Austen Book Club“Dorrestein knows how to chill her readers with tragedy and then melt their hearts with forgiveness.” ―Susan Vreeland on A Heart of StoneLucy is the most popular girl in the local elementary school of an idyllic Dutch housing estate. When a ..." |
 | | Without Mercy(Reprint) by Renate Dorrestein, Hester Velmans Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2004 by Penguin Books ISBN-13: 978-0-14-200455-5, ISBN: 0-14-200455-3 " Reminiscent of Andre Dubus’s critically acclaimed In the Bedroom and Joyce Carol Oates’s We Were the Mulvaneys, Renate Dorrestein’s new novel explores the undercurrents of married life and the world of today’s teenagers. "Perfect" was the word both for Phinus and Franka Vermeer’s marriage and their teenage son, Jem, but in the wake of his senseless murder, grief drives a wedge between them. Determined to resurrect the joy they onc ..." |
 | | A Heart of Stone(Reprint) by Renate Dorrestein, Hester Velmans Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2001 by Penguin Books ISBN-13: 978-0-14-200023-6, ISBN: 0-14-200023-X "In the words of bestselling author Susan Vreeland, "Renate Dorrestein knows how to chill her readers with tragedy and then melt their hearts with forgiveness." A Heart of Stone is a spare yet richly told novel that seamlessly alternates between past and present. Sparked by faded photographs in an old family album, the novel's narrator, Ellen, pieces together the frayed memories of an idyllic childhood. She relives her growing up with he ..." |
 | | A Heart of Stone(1st Edition) by Renate Dorrestein, Hester Velmans Hardcover, 244 Pages, Published 2001 by Viking Adult Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-0-670-89558-8, ISBN: 0-670-89558-X "Renate Dorrestein is that rare storyteller who dazzles critics and captivates readers. Provocative, stylish, and emotionally resonant, A Heart of Stone (her first book to be translated into English) is certain to cause a sensation on the international scene and Viking is proud to introduce her to the American public.This beautifully woven masterpiece, spare yet richly told, plumbs the undercurrents of family life and tragedy in a startl ..." |
 | | WITHOUT MERCY. by Renate Dorrestein Hardcover, 289 Pages, Published 2002 by Doubleday ISBN-13: 978-0-385-60353-9, ISBN: 0-385-60353-3 |
 | | A Heart of Stone by Renate Dorrestein Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2000 by Transworld Pub ISBN-13: 978-0-552-99836-9, ISBN: 0-552-99836-2 "A Heart of Stone is the first novel by best-selling Dutch author, Renate Dorrestein, to appear in English (admirably translated by Hester Velmans). It's an extraordinary, and compelling, story of family and violence, childhood and madness--a story whose deft changes of perspective support the suspense that runs right through to the novel's conclusion. From the narrator, Ellen, the third of five children, we know that something has gone ..." |
 | | A Heart of Stone(1st Edition) by Renate Dorrestein Hardcover, 229 Pages, Published 2000 by Doubleday Import ISBN-13: 978-0-385-60067-5, ISBN: 0-385-60067-4 "A Heart of Stone is the first novel by best-selling Dutch author, Renate Dorrestein, to appear in English (admirably translated by Hester Velmans). It's an extraordinary, and compelling, story of family and violence, childhood and madness--a story whose deft changes of perspective support the suspense that runs right through to the novel's conclusion. From the narrator, Ellen, the third of five children, we know that something has gone ..." |
 | | Crying Shame by Renate Dorrestein Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2011 by Black Swan Books, Limited ISBN-13: 978-0-552-77828-2, ISBN: 0-552-77828-1 "For ten-year-old Christine, home is a hostile, troubling place. Her mother reserves her affection for her younger, live-in-lover, and for Waldo, Christine's teenage brother. Christine viciously takes out her angry feelings on her Barbies and on a weaker girl in her class. Then on a family holiday in Scotland, a tragic accident occurs for which Christine blames herself, and panic-stricken, she runs away with her four-year-old brother, an ..." |
 | | A Crying Shame by Renate Dorrestein Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2004 by Black Swan ISBN-13: 978-0-552-99990-8, ISBN: 0-552-99990-3 "For ten-year-old Christine, home is a hostile, troubling place. Her mother reserves her affection for her younger, live-in-lover, and for Waldo, Christine's teenage brother. Christine viciously takes out her angry feelings on her Barbies and on a weaker girl in her class. Then on a family holiday in Scotland, a tragic accident occurs for which Christine blames herself, and panic-stricken, she runs away with her four-year-old brother, an ..." |
 | | Without Mercy(1st Edition) by Renate Dorrestein, Hester Velmans Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2003 by Viking Adult ISBN-13: 978-0-670-03188-7, ISBN: 0-670-03188-7 "Renate Dorrestein has been called the Dutch Iris Murdoch-with an extra leavening of wit. In Without Mercy she reenters the edgy, chilling, domestic territory that in A Heart of Stone won her an instant American following. Richly layered and compelling, it is a heartbreaking, strangely funny, tense drama of past and present, reality and imagination, love and guilt-all within the nutshell of one country weekend meant to mend a fraying rel ..." |
 | | A Heart of Stone by Renate Dorrestein Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-0-606-25030-6, ISBN: 0-606-25030-1 |
 | | Heart of Stone by Renate Dorrestein Published 2003 ISBN-13: 978-0-7865-3476-0, ISBN: 0-7865-3476-1 |
 | | Without Mercy by Renate Dorrestein Hardcover, Published 2002 by Ted Smart ISBN-13: 978-0-385-60593-9, ISBN: 0-385-60593-5 |
 | | Heart of Stone 12-Copy Prepack with Easel by Renate Dorrestein Published 2002 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-771688-0, ISBN: 0-14-771688-8 |
 | | A Heart of Stone by Renate Dorrestein Published 2001 by Viking Adult ISBN-13: 978-0-00-009929-7, ISBN: 0-00-009929-5 |
 | | Unnatural Ms by Renate Dorrestein, Wanda Dorrestein Boeke Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 1994 by Women In Translation ISBN-13: 978-1-879679-06-1, ISBN: 1-879679-06-X "Archeologist Zwier's wife Bonnie left him years ago with the task of raising their daughter, Mary Emma. Now Zwier is bringing the eleven-year-old back to Holland from Africa. Their arrival brings long-hidden tensions and secrets into view - and forces changes in the life of Zwier, Bonnie and her relatives, and most importantly, Mary Emma herself." |
 | | Untitled by Renate Dorrestein Hardcover, 289 Pages, Published 1949 by Doubleday ISBN-13: 978-0-385-60358-4, ISBN: 0-385-60358-4 |
 | | Without Mercy by Renate Dorrestein by Renate Dorrestein Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2003 by Black Swan ISBN-13: 978-0-552-99989-2, ISBN: 0-552-99989-X "A weekend visit to a country house hotel is supposed to bring the couple back together, but it erups into a series of escalating bizarre, hilarious confrontations which only emphasizes their estrangement. orrestein's novels are always based ..." |
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