Nine Open Arms combines inimitable characters, witty asides, tragedy, farce and redemption. The translation from the Dutch is silken, as is the weave of historical/mysterious/magical fiction. New in 2015, it has been oft restocked.
" 'Thank God your mother never had to bring you up herself,' said Oma Mei halfway through her sermon. Our dead mother belonged in her rants the way a brass band belongs in a parade."
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