COMFORT BIRD - Speerstra, Hylke

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Résumé :
A fact-based novel, The Comfort Bird follows the experiences of two families of farm laborers from a small town in the Northern Netherlands. One family moves across the ocean in 1911 to seek their fortune on the American Prairies. In a strange twist of fate World War II brings the families together again, on opposing sides of the conflict.

Biographie:
Hylke Speerstra (1936) is one of the most acclaimed authors to write in the Frisian language of the Northern Netherlands. He specializes in recording oral history. Speerstra was born on a farm and destined to become a farmer himself. However he switched gears in his twenties and became a journalist. He reached the position of managing editor of the Leeuwarder Courant, Friesland's prime daily newspaper. After early-retirement in 1996, he focused solely on writing books. Speerstra has written more than thirty books in Frisian and Dutch.