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The safekeep : a novel

Wouden, Yael van der (author.).

Summary: "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."--

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781668034347
  • ISBN: 1668034344
  • ISBN: 9781668034354
  • Physical Description: print
    262 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Avid Reader Press edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Avid Reader Press, 2024.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes reader's guide.
Publisher, dates, and pagination may vary.
Awards Note:
Booker short list, 2024.
National Jewish book awards winner, 2024.

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Subject:
Siblings Fiction
Shared housing Fiction
Infatuation Fiction
Self-realization in women Fiction
Coming out (Sexual orientation) Fiction
Summer Fiction
Siblings
Overijssel (Netherlands) Fiction
Genre:
Historical fiction.
Queer fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 22 of 35 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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  • 1 current hold with 35 total copies.
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