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  • Published: 30 May 2024
  • ISBN: 9780241999783
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 272

The Safekeep





WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2025: An exhilarating tale of twisted desire, histories and homes, and the unexpected shape of revenge

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…

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...

  • Published: 30 May 2024
  • ISBN: 9780241999783
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 272

About the author

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.

Praise for The Safekeep

Satisfying and shocking

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