Femke (9781838080082)

Turn-of-the-century Amsterdam. Femke walks its streets and parks with her loyal dog, Bibi. A daughter of the colonial Dutch, a magnetic personality prone to petit mal seizures and destructive relationships – and a liar? This is her story.

After becoming involved in the unsettling world of a British filmmaker and his wife, Femke meets and befriends ageing Dutch poet Michiel de Koning. Revelations about De Koning’s past work and involvement with Gerrit Achterberg soon lead Femke to try and track down his mysterious great love and inspiration, ‘M’. Could finding M restore the ailing poet to health? And what else might she discover in the process – about her past, her mother, herself?

‘Quirky, unusual, intelligent and elegant’

The Scotsman