review
In this book, a mother tells about her daughter Maria who falls into the hands of a loverboy. Her daughter is just in high school when she meets Manou, a lover boy who manipulates her daughter. In no time, Maria does everything Manou says and seems to have no will of her own anymore. Lucie, her mother, is distraught and doesn’t know what’s going on.
Details of the book
- Author: Lucie mustard
- Publisher: van Gennep
- First print: February 2009
- Pages: 224
- ISBN: 978 90 5515 9932
About the author: Lucie mustard
Lucie Mosterd is Maria Mosterd’s mother. Maria Mustard has previously told her story in her book Real Men Don’t Eat Cheese. In it she describes how she falls into the hands of a loverboy and what she has to do for him and gets completely under his spell. As a follow-up to Real Men Don’t Eat Cheese, she wrote the book Bindi.
The story of I was recently in front of a doll stand
Maria, Lucie’s daughter, goes to high school just like any girl her age. On the first day she bumps into loverboy Manou, older than Maria with her own car and Maria is impressed. Manou slowly approaches Maria until she is completely under his spell.
She rarely goes to school and has to do all kinds of odd jobs for Manou, this varies from delivering packages with drugs / money, sleeping with boys, watching him punish other boys and later recruiting other girls for the same practices.
Her mother does not know what is wrong with her, cannot reach her and has no idea what is really going on. She thinks her daughter goes to school every day. Manou even comes home to Maria and her mother thinks he’s a nice boy.
Later in the book Lucie tells how difficult it is for Maria to get out of Manou’s clutches, she has been completely brainwashed. They also knock on the door of emergency workers in vain, nobody seems to know what exactly to do with it.
Review from Binkies
In the book, Lucie tells her experiences from the moment that Maria goes to high school and soon falls into the hands of a loverboy. Lucie has not noticed anything for a long time, only notices that there is something there, but cannot reach Maria, she does not let go of anything. The further you get in the book the more amazed you become, it is horrible if your daughter has to go through this.
Getting Maria out of the hands of the Loverboy Manou takes quite some effort. Lucie also sheds light on her conversations with the various care providers and it appears that there is quite a shortage of experience and proper guidance here. The school’s absenteeism policy also puts Lucie to the test. Lucie never heard of her daughter skipping school when she rarely attended school.
It is a true, shocking story that you should definitely read if you have read the book Real Men Do Not Eat Cheese. Impressive and easy to read. A must for anyone dealing with adolescent girls.