{"id":1013,"date":"2025-01-28T11:25:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T11:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jakum.nl\/?page_id=1013"},"modified":"2025-02-04T15:48:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T15:48:18","slug":"book-description","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jakum.nl\/en\/book-description\/","title":{"rendered":"Book description"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The story is about the struggles of a bisexual man who in the 1950s\/60s for various reasons not dared to come out of the closet. At the time, it was still a difficult thing, actually a social taboo. He clogged so his feelings and lives like a &#8216;normal&#8217; person, goes into service, is studying and goes to work in sales, one more reason not to come out of the closet. With the necessary anecdotes is described this ordinary life but occasionally blurts that other feeling yet again up and then tucked away. Eventually, he breaks with that &#8216;normal&#8217; life, the wealthy and save existence within the family and still later in life comes out of the closet. He visited India as a volunteer and here he meets an Indian man providing instant a warm click. They pull together, but then he recognized barriers against to jointly to come out of the closet and to live together and to live in India. The book shows that Indian society is very complicated and as far as homosexuality many years behind the Netherlands. Now come the same problems and considerations ruling in the Netherlands in the fifties\/sixties above. The book is an interesting insight into Indian society and how homosexuality is camouflaged, for the word is already not even pronounced. That live together means taken risks too comes as a bolt from the blue. And what should you then as now almost 70 years old single man?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re a fan of historical stories and characters discovering their true nature, &#8216;Too Late&#8217; is a must-read for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why you&#8217;ll love this book:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 It&#8217;s a unique blend of fantasy and reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Follow Jan&#8217;s journey as he lives his life and his dreams and the world beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Experience the surprising parallels between India and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Get lost in the complicated culture of an unknown country and its secrets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join the adventure: get &#8220;Too Late&#8221; today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don&#8217;t miss this, it is educational and can be a guideline for the many older men who try to live a normal life in hiding while keeping their homosexuality a secret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Order your copy now and embark on a journey from the Netherlands and through India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jakum.nl\/en\/table-of-contents\/\">Table of contents<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jakum.nl\/en\/about-the-writer\/\">About the writer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The story is about the struggles of a bisexual man who in the 1950s\/60s for various reasons not dared to come out of the closet. 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