De Stad Van Heimwee written to Emmer's music

Can you love if you don't know who you really are? When Rachel Samuel submits her novel to the publisher, she thinks she is done digging into her family history. Finally, she can start her own life. But one evening in her writing room, a sequel presents itself...

Dolf Hoffman grows up in Buenos Aires. To escape the suffocating grip of his fascist parents and pursue his dream of becoming a writer, he flees to New York under the false name Max Müller. When he meets the love of his life, neither of them knows yet who they truly are.

In De Stad Van Heimwee (the City of Homesickness), Rachel and Max penetrate to the heart of their family history. In search of the truth and, above all, themselves.

Author Patty Harpenau plays an ingenious game with her readers and once again creates an incredibly beautiful, magical, and moving novel about family, love, and identity.

The City of Homesickness is set to the music of Stephen Emmer.

Stephen is a school friend of Patty Harpenau. When she heard the first notes of his new album Maison Melody, she decided to write to his music. Thus, music and words found each other in a friendship spanning years.