by Dola de Jong, translated by Kristen Gehrman Transit Books, 140 p. May 19, 2020 Longlisted for the Vondel Translation Prize, 2021 Original title: De thuiswacht, Cossee Synopsis When Bea meets Erica at the home of a mutual friend, this chance encounter sets the stage for the story of two women torn between desire and…

by Annejet van der Zijl, translated by Kristen Gehrman Amazon Crossing, 272 p, August 1, 2019 Original title: Sonny Boy, Querido Synopsis When they fell in love in 1928, Rika and Waldemar could not have been more different. She was a thirty-seven-year-old Dutch-born mother, estranged from her husband. He was her immigrant boarder, not yet twenty,…