{"id":24229,"date":"2026-04-07T15:08:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/?post_type=agenda&#038;p=24229"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:14:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:14:24","slug":"christien-brinkgreve","status":"publish","type":"agenda","link":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/agenda\/christien-brinkgreve\/","title":{"rendered":"Christien Brinkgreve"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christien Brinkgreve is coming to Sneek to talk about her bestseller <em>Burdened House <\/em>(<em>Beladen Huis<\/em>, 2025). In this book, she reflects on her complex life with Arend Jan Heerma van Voss (editor-in-chief of Haagse Post and VPRO radio), who died in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The book touches a sensitive nerve: &#8216;Brinkgreve makes you painfully aware that a woman can have everything perfectly in order outside the home, can even be a champion of feminism, but still often be assigned a subordinate role at home,&#8217; according to De Reactor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 1978, Brinkgreve has been writing lucidly about women and men, parents and children. Well-known titles include <em>De belasting van de bevrijding<\/em> (1988), <em>De vrouw en het badwater<\/em> (1992) and <em>Vroeg mondig laat volwassen<\/em> (2004). 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