Women's fiction | 320 p.
The Johansons
Carla de Jong &
A beautiful psychological novel about friendship, love, passion, betrayal and reconciliation.
Anne, a highly intelligent girl, is the odd one out in her loving working class family. When she meets the intellectual Johansons, she quickly realizes that she wants to be a part of their family. She strikes up a close friendship with the daughter and the two sons of the Johansons. This friendship blossoms as they grow into adulthood, but it falters due to a series of tragic events. Thirty years later, the paths of the Johansons and Anne cross once again. Will they be able to forgive each other?
The Johansons is a novel about family, but also about growing up, about family ties, displacement, the dreams of youth and the disillusions of adulthood. A tale about friendship, love, passion, betrayal, loss and reconciliation.