Migliori Libri di Michele Hutchison

Sinossi: Why do: · Dutch babies seem so content, and sleep so well? · Dutch parents let their kids play outside on their own? · The Dutch trust their children to bike to school? · Dutch schools not set homework for the under-tens? · Dutch teenagers not rebel? · What is the secret of bringing up the happiest kids in the world? In a recent UNICEF study of child well-being, Dutch children came out on top as the happiest all-round. Rina Mae Acosta and Michele Hutchison, both married to Dutchmen and bringing up their kids in Holland, examine the unique environment that enables the Dutch to turn out su... Continua a leggere

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Sinossi: WINNER OF THE 2020 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE A stark and gripping tale of childhood grief from one of the most exciting new voices in Dutch literature Ten-year-old Jas lives with her strictly religious parents and her siblings on a dairy farm where waste and frivolity are akin to sin. Despite the dreary routine of their days, Jas has a unique way of experiencing her world: her face soft like cheese under her mother’s hands; the texture of green warts, like capers, on migrating toads in the village; the sound of “blush words” that aren’t in the Bible. One icy morning, the disciplined r... Continua a leggere

Sinossi: Born to a pioneering family in Upstate New York in the late 1800s, Allene Tew was beautiful, impetuous, and frustrated by the confines of her small hometown. At eighteen, she met Tod Hostetter at a local dance, having no idea that the mercurial charmer she would impulsively wed was heir to one of the wealthiest families in America. But when he died twelve years later, Allene packed her bags for New York City. From the vantage point of the American upper class, Allene embodied the tumultuous Gilded Age. Over the course of four more marriages, she weathered personal tragedies during World War I ... Continua a leggere

Sinossi: Provate a immaginare un luogo all'aria aperta dove i bambini giocano e corrono liberamente, vanno in bicicletta con il sole e con la pioggia, esplorano, si confrontano, decidono in autonomia. Immaginate una casa dove l'ora della nanna non richiede liti e pianti, e una scuola dove i compiti non diventano una gara allo sfinimento. Immaginate una famiglia dove genitori felici crescono bambini felici. Non è un sogno: è il metodo olandese. Secondo un recente rapporto Unicef, i figli degli olandesi sono i più felici al mondo: in un Paese dove l'infanzia significa indipendenza, gioco e pochissimi ... Continua a leggere

Sinossi: Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I, too, had a love-at-first-sight romance with a Dutch boy named Bram, who was studying abroad in Florida when we met. We had a modern twist on a traditional romance, with him sending long handwritten letters as well as frequent emails and phone calls. #2 I was apprehensive about moving to the Netherlands and having a Dutch baby. I wanted my son to have a happy childhood, so I bought into the perfect-mom myth and devoured all the (unsolicited) advice on what to do and what not to do in pregnancy. #3 The ... Continua a leggere

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Sinossi: In Hello Everybody! a bestseller in his native Holland, Joris Luyendijk tells the story of his five yearsas a reporter in the Middle East. Young and inexperienced but fluent in Arabic, he speaks to stone throwers and soldiers, taxi drivers and professors, victims and aggressors chronicling first-hand experiences of dictatorship, occupation and war. But the more he witnesses, the less he understands and he becomes increasingly aware of the yawning gap between what he sees on the ground and what is later reported in the media. As a correspondent he is privy to the multitude of narratives with co... Continua a leggere

Sinossi: Why do: · Dutch babies seem so content, and sleep so well? · Dutch parents let their kids play outside on their own? · The Dutch trust their children to bike to school? · Dutch schools not set homework for the under-tens? · Dutch teenagers not rebel? · What is the secret of bringing up the happiest kids in the world? In a recent UNICEF study of child well-being, Dutch children came out on top as the happiest all-round. Rina Mae Acosta and Michele Hutchison, both married to Dutchmen and bringing up their kids in Holland, examine the unique environment that enables the Dutch to turn out su... Continua a leggere