Love, If That's What It Is

Terri realizes one day, after 25-years of marriage, that she doesn’t love her husband anymore. She decides to leave him and two daughters to live with her lover.

This uniquely written novel changes the perspective from one to another—so we can see the different views of wife, husband, daughters, lovers. The perspective changes from one to another without warning. At first, you will probably need time. But after some time, I got used to it, and then it flowed perfectly. It reminded me a bit of Days of Abandonment, in a way how love and family can be shattered and destroyed overnight. Very well written. I would be glad to read something else from this author.

 

 

Details:

• author: Marijke Schermer
  
• full title: Love, If That's What It Is
  
• genre: literary fiction
• format/type: bookfiction
• country: #netherlands
  
• topics: #love, #marriage
  
• publisher:  World Editions
  
• publish date: February 1, 2022
• pages: 312
  

My Rating of the Book:

• content: 💙💙💙💙.5

About the Author: 

 

Marijke Schermer (b. 1975) is a novelist and playwright. In a full-page review, the NRC Handelsblad proclaimed that Schermer is ‘quickly becoming one of the most interesting writers in the Netherlands.’ Her novel Noodweer (2016) was shortlisted for the ECI Literature Prize and has been translated into German, Spanish and Danish. Her novel Love, if that's what it is was shortlisted for the Libris Literature Prize 2020