Cobi van Baars

Cobi van Baars (b. 1967) is an author and a painter. She earned a first-class honours degree in Dutch Literature with a thesis on the relationship between literature and the visual arts. She published her debut in 2017. 'The Unintended' is her fourth novel.

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The Unintended

In 1960s Limburg — a deeply Catholic part of the Netherlands — a young, unmarried woman gives birth to twins in a ‘home for unwed mothers’ but has to give the girls up for adoption. At four months old, Aaf and Annemarieke are adopted by separate families. While Aaf grows up in a loving family, Annemarieke’s childhood is cold and lonely. It’s not until they are twenty-one years old that they find out about each other’s existence.

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