I don't think I will ever buy a book by Yvonne Kroonenberg would myself, but I got this one for my birthday. And I during the couple of hours I took me to read it, I enjoyed it. And I considered my family relations for a while.

The book consists of short chapters, all related to a specific kind of family: mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, grandfathers, grandmothers, uncles, aunts and even twins, family feuds and mothers-in-law. All the stories are autobiographical or recorded from contact with friends and strangers. Each chapter does contain something recognizable. And fortunately a lot terrible things mentioned never happend in my family.

Maybe in daily life not very close, if needed my family is there. And we have a lot of fun together, as long as it is not too often. So I'm not off bad, just not a family person.

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