At home in the Algave
Ellen van Herk
- After
- her
- mother's
- death,
- Tessa,
- a
- Dutch
- woman,
- discovers
- that
- her
- father
- is
- a
- Portuguese.
- Impulsively,
- she
- travels
- to
- the
- Algarve
- to
- find
- him.
- She
- meets
- Viv,
- an
- English
- woman
- living
- on
- her
- father
- Jorge's
- estate.
- However,
- the
- marvellous
- Quinta
- Esteves
- in
- the
- village
- of
- Fábrica
- is
- less
- beautiful
- than
- it
- seems.
- Soon
- it
- turns
- out
- that
- behind
- the
- attractive
- front
- many
- family
- secrets
- are
- hidden.
- Meanwhile,
- something
- special
- develops
- between
- Tessa
- and
- the
- eldest
- son,
- but
- what
- if
- she
- says
- that
- she
- is
- family?
Ellen
- van
- Herk
- (Rotterdam,
- 1967)
- has
- been
- writing
- stories
- since
- childhood.
- After
- she
- bought
- a
- second
- home
- in
- Portugal
- with
- her
- husband
- in
- 2014,
- this
- is
- where
- she
- draws
- inspiration
- for
- her
- novels.
- She
- does
- not
- avoid
- difficult
- issues
- such
- as
- child
- abuse,
- domestic
- violence
- and
- alcoholism.
- Her
- novels
- are
- mostly
- set
- in
- Portugal.
- In
- addition
- to
- writing,
- she
- is
- a
- freelance
- secretary
- for
- a
- research
- agency
- and
- a
- language
- buddy
- for refugees.
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