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    The Safekeep
    The Safekeep
    The Safekeep
    Audiobook9 hours

    The Safekeep

    Written by Yael van der Wouden

    Narrated by Stina Nielsen and Saskia Maarleveld

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    * SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 BOOKER PRIZE *

    Longlisted for the 2025 Aspen Words Literary Prize • A Best Book of 2024: The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Time, The Economist, The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Kirkus Reviews, The Independent, BookPage, The Sunday Times (London)

    “Remarkable…Compelling…Fine and taut…Indelible.” —The New York Times • “Moving, unnerving, and deeply sexy.” —Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl with the Pearl Earring • “A brilliant debut, as multi-faceted as a gem.” —Kirkus Reviews

    A “razor-sharp, perfectly plotted” (The Sunday Times, London) tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the same house in the Dutch countryside during the summer of 1961—a powerful exploration of the legacy of WWII and the darker parts of our collective past.

    A house is a precious thing...

    It is 1961 and the rural Dutch province of Overijssel is quiet. Bomb craters have been filled, buildings reconstructed, and the war is truly over. Living alone in her late mother’s country home, Isabel knows her life is as it should be—led by routine and discipline. But all is upended when her brother Louis brings his graceless new girlfriend Eva, leaving her at Isabel’s doorstep as a guest, to stay for the season.

    Eva is Isabel’s antithesis: she sleeps late, walks loudly through the house, and touches things she shouldn’t. In response, Isabel develops a fury-fueled obsession, and when things start disappearing around the house—a spoon, a knife, a bowl—Isabel’s suspicions begin to spiral. In the sweltering peak of summer, Isabel’s paranoia gives way to infatuation, leading to a discovery that unravels all Isabel has ever known. The war might not be well and truly over after all, and neither Eva—nor the house in which they live—are what they seem.

    Mysterious, sophisticated, sensual, and infused with intrigue, atmosphere, and sex, The Safekeep is “a brave and thrilling debut about facing up to the truth of history, and to one’s own desires” (The Guardian).
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateMay 28, 2024
    ISBN9781797175225
    Author

    Yael van der Wouden

    Yael van der Wouden is a writer and a teacher. The Safekeep, her debut novel, was a finalist for the 2024 Booker Prize and has been longlisted for the 2025 Aspen Words Literary Prize. It was also named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and a best book of the year by The Washington Post, Time, The Economist, Kirkus Reviews, The Times (London), The Independent, BookPage, and others. She lives in Utrecht, Netherlands.  

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    • 5/5
      It’s a masterpiece! I will buy myself a copy just to have it always. Thank you for the wonderful, very heartfelt reading.
    • 5/5
      Beautifully writen heartfelt story read by two amazing narrators. Recommend!
    • 5/5
      Eloquent, perceptive, sexy book about a house and what we might owe others that we never choose to think of
    • 5/5
      Wow! The Safekeep is beautifully written, and narrated. I struggle to communicate how deeply this story has moved me.