After a public interview at a bookstore in Noordwijk a woman approached me.
'I'm the one who sent you the donkey,' she said
'Of course,' I answered.
Shortly after the birth of my son in May a reader sent me a huge stuffed animal, a donkey. My girlfriend felt slightly threatened by this animal, but I happen to love the donkey.
'You know, my husband passed away,' the woman continued. 'I'm giving away some of his books. I know you're into Freud.'
She handed me a plastic bag with half a dozen books on Freud or so it seemed.
'This is so kind,' I answered.
Then I signed her book.