The Discomfort of Evening

The Discomfort of Evening follows ten-year-old Jas, a Dutch girl who lives with her Reformed family on a dairy farm in the Netherlands. She is grieving for her brother Matthies, who died in an ice-skating accident. His death unsettles the family further and takes a toll on Jas’s mental health. The novel was first published in Dutch in 2018 as De avond is ongemak and was translated into English by Michele Hutchison.