The Safekeep
WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2025<BR>SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024<BR>SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2025<BR>SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE 2025<BR>LONGLISTED FOR THE WINGATE PRIZE 2025<BR><BR>An exhilarating tale of twisted desire, histories and homes, and the unexpected shape of revenge - for readers of Patricia Highsmith, Sarah Waters and Ian McEwan's Atonement.<BR><BR>It is fifteen years after the Second World War, and Isabel has built herself a solitary life of discipline and strict routine in her late mother's country home, with not a fork or a word out of place. But all is upended when her brother Louis delivers his graceless new girlfriend, Eva, at Isabel's doorstep - as a guest, there to stay for the season...<BR><BR>In the sweltering heat of summer, Isabel's desperate need for control reaches boiling point. What happens between the two women leads to a revelation which threatens to unravel all she has ever known.<BR><BR>'A thrilling, razor-sharp, perfectly plotted debut novel' Sunday Times<BR><BR>'Moving, unnerving and deeply sexy' Tracy Chevalier, bestselling author of GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING<BR><BR>'A brave and thrilling debut about facing up to the truth of history, and to one's own desires... Van der Wouden brings stunning power and control to her page-turner about trauma and repression' Justine Jordan, Booker Prize Judge 2024
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Yael van der Wouden
Yael van der Wouden was born in 1987 and lives and works in The Netherlands. The Safekeep, her debut novel, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2024. It was also longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Wingate Prize, and the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. She lectures in creative writing and comparative literature.
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