The Safekeep

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Charlotte says about The Safekeep: This is a beautifully written debut (unbelievable!) that follows the lives of three siblings as they unwittingly navigate the fallout of one of t he 20th century’s greatest tragedies. Isabel, the only sister of the trio, is content at living her closed and controlled life as the last in the family home - until a new character enters the home and upends her life and all that she thought she knew. SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024 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. 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. Author: van der Wouden, Yael Historical fiction Published on 30 May 2024 by Penguin Books Ltd (Viking) in the United Kingdom.Hardback | 272 pages205 x 135 x 24 | 314g Show more