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By the award-winning author of The Twin On a hot summer’s day in June 1969 everyone in the village gathered to welcome Queen Juliana. It would have been an unforgettable day of celebration if only the baker hadn’t been running late with his deliveries and knocked down little Hanne with his brand-new VW van. Years later, Jan arrives on a hot day in June in order to tidy his sister’s grave, and is overcome again with grief and silent fury. Isn’t it finally time to get to the bottom of things? June traces in spellbinding, tender detail how the ripples from one tragic incident spread through a community, a family and down the generations. ‘Illuminating’ Independent ‘Exceptional’ Irish Times

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With this novel Bakker secures a place for himself among the world's greatest living writers * Irish Examiner * [A] tender and compassionate examination of memory -- Angel Gurria -Quintana * Financial Times * An elegant, unhurried exploration of how life goes on in the wake of wrenching misfortune -- Anthony Cummins, 4 stars * Metro * An elegant, unhurried exploration of how life goes on in the wake of wrenching misfortune -- Anthony Cummins, 4 stars * Metro * Splendid, illuminating reading -- Jonathan Gibbs * Independent *

Splendid, illuminating reading -- Jonathan Gibbs * Independent * An elegant, unhurried exploration of how life goes on in the wake of wrenching misfortune -- Anthony Cummins, 4 stars * Metro * An elegant, unhurried exploration of how life goes on in the wake of wrenching misfortune -- Anthony Cummins, 4 stars * Metro * [A] tender and compassionate examination of memory -- Angel Gurria--Quintana * Financial Times * With this novel Bakker secures a place for himself among the world's greatest living writers * Irish Examiner *

Splendid, illuminating reading -- Jonathan Gibbs Independent An elegant, unhurried exploration of how life goes on in the wake of wrenching misfortune -- Anthony Cummins, 4 stars Metro An elegant, unhurried exploration of how life goes on in the wake of wrenching misfortune -- Anthony Cummins, 4 stars Metro [A] tender and compassionate examination of memory -- Angel Gurria--Quintana Financial Times With this novel Bakker secures a place for himself among the world's greatest living writers Irish Examiner

An elegant, unhurried exploration of how life goes on in the wake of wrenching misfortune -- Anthony Cummins, 4 stars Metro An elegant, unhurried exploration of how life goes on in the wake of wrenching misfortune -- Anthony Cummins, 4 stars Metro There is a wry, kindly intelligence at work in this exceptional novel, with its cast of lost souls. It has ease, eloquence and humanity, along with bickering exchanges, communal sorrow and a real sense of family. Gerbrand Bakker studies the natural world as intently as he watches his fellow man, and therein lies his art -- Eileen Battersby Irish Times Splendid, illuminating reading -- Jonathan Gibbs Independent [A] tender and compassionate examination of memory -- Angel Gurria--Quintana Financial Times

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Gerbrand Bakker worked as a subtitler for nature films before becoming a gardener. His debut novel The Twin won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. In 2013 his novel, The Detour, won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.

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