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Father

The journalist Wim Brands asked me if I was ashamed of my father.
I answered that my father used to pick me up from elementary school. I had asked him not to come too close to the school. I said: “If possible you should hide behind a tree.” So that’s what he did. He hid behind a tree.


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Oh your sweet father! I am touched.

I am excited to get my hands on your new book by the way. I hope soon. Can't wait to start reading and I am hoping for some real utter darkness that will smack me in the face because I didn't see it coming. Bliss!
sounds like a cool guy.
Remarkable, a father who honors the wishes of a schoolboy. Touching indeed.
(My mother picked me up from elementary school. It was strongly recommended not to be ashamed about her presence, those days.)
At the Montessori school my kids go to, they are still using this block tower! Some things never change.
Boeken
Looking forward to Sunday morning, 11.20 a.m.
Skin and Hair
Pim

Congratulations on the new book, can't wait to go to de Vries boeken tomorrow and buy it.

Pim
My mother always came 10 minutes late. There were no other people left waiting at the gate. Many times I thought she would never come, but when she did I guess I was glad. In the car, of course, I acted angrily, because you shouldn't let a child wait for you. Especially when it's alone and there's a guardian waiting to go home but can't because the child is still there.
Boeken VPRO
Jammer dat het niet doorging. Ik had er naar uit gekeken.
Maar Mulisch moest natuurlijk voor gaan.
Nu hebben we jouw bijdrage vast nog te goed.

Jutta
Red Hatter Arnhem