Be careful! It is written in Dutch. You'll need a high level of Dutch to be able to read it. Having given that warning, I found it an interesting, informative, often moving, and reasonably easy to read book on how Dutch men often had a native woman as their house keeper cum cohabitant often turned wife over the centuries that the Dutch were in the Far East, and how that relationship was perceived by society and how it evolved.
As the author points out, just about every white Dutch family with a history of having been some time in the Dutch East Indies is almost certainly going to have some coloured relatives in present day Indonesia. Reggie Baay's book explains why.
Given that the author himself knows that he has relatives in the Far East, and given that most people who'll be reading his book will also have relatives in present day Indonesia, I consider it a significant failing that Reggie Baay did not include a chapter on how at least to start looking for those relatives. For this reason, and also because I didn't find the book to be either an entertaining read or in the "superb" category, I really struggled to give the book five starts. I'm feeling generous today, but the truth is that this book could just as easily in my opinion be given four stars. Still very good, but, like I say, not in the superb, what a masterpiece category.
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