Helped The Pinguecula Disappear

Simone Van Der Vlugt - The girl from the past

The book:

Publisher Kowalski

Year 2008

pages - Softbound

Translation Elena Caontoni

The plot: When

from high school in Den Helder organizes a reunion of former students, for Sabine is like receiving a slap in the face. Ten years have passed since the girl was more [im] population of the school Isabel and her best friend. Now Sabine is twenty-three years back from a bad nervous breakdown, while Isabel is gone. E 'mysteriously disappeared one day after returning from the memory of that anguish scuoale episode as if it vanished from the memory of Sabine. When he arrives in Den Helder, tormented by nightmares and memories confused, Sabine begins a disturbing survey of the places of his youth and the dark corners of his memory. But no one seems willing to talk: the ambiguous Mr. Groesbeek, a former janitor, claims to know nothing, while Olaf, son of Isabel, it reacts violently ale Sabine applications. Who is behind the disappearance of Isabel? While the research of mystery thickens, the Sabine memories are becoming clearer and scary. But something terrible has yet to happen. It's just reliving the same trauma, Sabine manages to pierce the fog of oblivion and face the most horrible truths.

The book: the plot is very smooth, introspective and reflective about how the human mind is able to completely remove the horrors and traumas, such as not to admit that the human being is a perfect machine, until something clicks and makes over the dark area that lies within each of us.
A compelling thriller. Memories of school, where the shy and introverted persecuted are the usual ..
A must read!

few words about the author - Simone van der Vlugt (b. 1966) made its debut in 1995 with the amulet (The Talisman), followed by Blood Money (Blood Money, 1996), Guillotine (1999) and Black Snow. Van der Vlugt is considered the heir of Thea Beckman, and how this well-known Dutch author has deepened his historical research for the setting of his novels. He has also written a number of books for children.