What the Water Left: A Historical Novel
Her father's house is marked empty. She knows he's still inside.
Walcheren, the Netherlands. December 1944.
As the war rages on, floodwater has swallowed villages, farmland, and entire lives. In a crowded relief office, thirty-year-old Hanne de Ridder discovers that her father's home has been mistakenly listed as abandoned.
The error means the relief boats may pass him by.
But when Hanne begins checking the records, she discovers that his is not the only household whose fate has been decided by a wrong entry.
Determined to put things right, Hanne leaves the safety of her desk for a landscape where roads have disappeared beneath the sea and families are scattered between temporary homes. Her stubborn father refuses to leave. Others must decide whether returning is worth everything it will cost.
And then there is Tijs van Altena, the quiet, capable man helping to keep the relief boats running. As their lives become increasingly entangled, Hanne finds herself drawn to someone who understands that rebuilding takes more than good intentions.
When the war finally ends, the water remains.
With the land still wounded and another setback threatening the fragile progress around them, Hanne and Tijs must decide what kind of future they are willing to fight for-and whether love can become part of a life neither expected.
An emotional historical novel of love, family, resilience, and finding home when the world you knew has disappeared.
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