Yael van der Wouden

The Safekeep is shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2024. This exhilarating tale explores 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...

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...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION WINNER OF THE 2025 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION Shortlisted for the 2025 Dylan Thomas Prize and 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),...