The most powerful moments in life are often the personal, raw, and seemingly ordinary ones shared with those we love. With her novel What I’d Rather Not Think About, shortlisted for the 2024 International Booker Prize, Dutch writer Jente Posthuma examines identity, family, and trauma through contemporary and historical experiences of tragedy. Posthuma approaches the heaviest moments of grief with gentle melancholy and surprising humor, now she shares the story behind her writing.