A Hatred for Tulips
 

A Hatred for Tulips

by Richard Lourie

“People who don’t have secrets imagine them as dark and hidden. It’s just the opposite. Secrets are bright. They light you up. Like the bare lightbulb left on in a cell day and night, they give you no rest.”
So thinks Joop, the narrator of this brief and bitter tale, whose secret is like no other. He has kept that secret for more than sixty... (read more)

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In this slim novel, the author takes a fictional look at the boy who gave away the hiding place of Anne Frank and the others taking refuge in the annex. Narrating his story to the younger brother that was able to unknowingly escape the horror of living in wartime Holland, Joop shares the shame that has lived with him for decades. A captivating and haunting read that you will not soon forget.

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