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Fiction Literary

Mara

A Novel

by (author) Lisette van de Heg

Publisher
Mosaic Press
Initial publish date
Nov 2014
Category
Literary
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781771610018
    Publish Date
    Nov 2014
    List Price
    $24.95

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Description

Zeeland, the Netherlands, 1931. Mara's stepfather sends her off on a boat bound for Vissingen. She is pregnant. The villagers in her home-town must not find out about this secret. To protect the family's reputation, Mara is shipped off to live with her aunt on the old family farm. In this solitary place, cut off from her society, Mara awaits the birth of the baby she never wanted. What happens to a young woman when she is banished from her parental home, when she loses her faith in people, when faces the future without hope? Mara explores an individual's overwhelming dilemma and her choices between keeping silent, speaking out and her determination to carry on... and the pains involved in this dilemma.

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Contributor Notes

Lisette van de Heg first novel has been a best-seller in Holland and will soon be released as a film. Mara won the Christian Book Prize in Holland. She lives in Holland and is now working on her second novel. She is recognized as one of the important new literary talents in Holland.