Carolyne Van Der Meer's Motherlode, A Mosaic of Dutch Wartime Experience was recently launched to great acclaim in Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore in Montreal, Canada.
The book is published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Ontario, Canada in their Life Writing series and the publisher's website contains more information and you can purchase copies of the book there.
Carolyne is a friend of Boyne Berries having had poems published a number of times in the magazine and making the long trip from Canada to be at the launch of our special Boyne Berries 10 issue.
From the publisher's website:
Motherlode: A Mosaic of Dutch Wartime Experience is Carolyne Van Der Meer’s creative reinterpretation through short stories, poems, and essays of the experiences of her mother and other individuals who spent their childhood in Nazi-occupied Holland or were deeply affected by wartime in Holland. The book documents the author’s personal journey as she uncovers her mother’s past through their correspondence and discussion and through research in the Netherlands.
Motherlode also considers mother—daughter relationships and the effect of wartime on motherhood.
Photographs of the launch are by photographer Bassam Sabbagh.
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Review of the book by Gina Roitman on The Rover
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