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The Safekeep
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld, Stina Nielsen
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
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Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
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.
'A thrilling, razor-sharp, perfectly plotted debut novel' Sunday Times
'Moving, unnerving and deeply sexy' Tracy Chevalier, bestselling author of GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
'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
Critic reviews
'Surprising, chilling, and electric. The safekeep is a simply fantastic work of literature.' Alice Winn, bestselling author of IN MEMORIAM
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- Callum Kruse
- 27-08-24
Great
Such great writing, brilliant story and one of the best narrators I have come across.
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- Vichy
- 03-09-24
Beautiful love story with subtle examination of postwar Holland
The casting of the actress who narrates most of this sumptuous novel is genius. Her beautiful voice perfectly expresses the intense sensuality and longing at the heart of this stunning love story set against the backdrop of a sun drenched summer. Just as the 1960s herald freedom and plenty that superficially blots out the aching scars left by World War II, two lovers find their relationship complicated by tragic injustices that still plague the present.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-08-24
amazing performance for an amazing book
10/10 for story and 10/10 performance. would 100% recommend. go in blind though
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- Lesley
- 19-07-24
A Great story.
I, sort of, could see where this was heading but the journey was amazing. Tastefully written and beautifully descriptive.
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-05-24
Wow wow wow wow wow wow wow
I’m telling you right now this book is going to win awards. That little synopsis does not do the book justice. It’s a sapphic love story, it has a great structure the diary in part 3 just wraps this book up in a great bow.
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