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AUTHOR

‘The spark for this novel came when I started to repeat some of my mother’s favorite sayings. For a long time I thought I was a very independent individual, until I heard myself say something and it was as if my mother was speaking through my mouth. Although we are very different people, this moment made me realize that there is not only a ‘me’ but also a ‘we’ that we are all inevitably a part of.’

TRANSLATOR

‘We and Me is essentially a detective story—a story of family secrets and the kinds of unspoken past events that are familiar to all of us. Who am I, and how did I get this way? It’s written in the present tense, which gives it a level of suspense that continues from beginning to end. That is the translator’s challenge: maintaining that suspense.’

PUBLISHER

‘De Coster is an amazing author. Her writing is fluent, bold and intelligent and she touches upon one of the most essential questions possible: what exactly is it that we inherit from our parents, and what defines our very own identity?’