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Femmetje de Wind: “I have always had the feeling that I should not waste my time.”

Ⓒ RENÉ BOUWMAN

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Amsterdam – She was affectionately called ‘Anne Frank’ in regular primary school. But later writer / journalist Femmetje de Wind (46) became painfully clear that she did not fully count in Jewish circles with only a Jewish father. With an Orthodox Jewish armywe in Jerusalem she followed a transition program and became completely Jewish, which changed her life. In her new novel ‘The Promised Life’, main character Sophie follows the same path for love.

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