Nederland leest De Grote Zaal van Jacoba van Velde
Synopsis
Reading relay of the novel 'De grote zaal' (1953) by author Jacoba van Velde as part of the Nederland Leest 2010 campaign. Actress Anne-Wil Blankers starts and ends the relay. Other readers are nearly sixty residents of various care homes, including the Rosa Spierhuis in Laren, Nieuw Bleyenburg Utrecht, and Respect Zorggroep The Hague.
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