The Safekeep
Women's Prize for Fiction · 2025 · WinnerBooker Prize · 2024 · ShortlistWomen's Prize for Fiction · 2024 · Shortlist
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Women's Prize for Fiction | 2025 | Winner |
| Booker Prize | 2024 | Shortlist |
| Women's Prize for Fiction | 2024 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Isabel leads a quiet, controlled life in her carefully arranged Dutch apartment in the 1960s when her cousin brings home his carefree girlfriend Eva. As the two women clash and then draw together, Isabel must confront both her desire and the origins of the fine objects that fill her home—objects looted from Jewish households during the Second World War.
About the Author
Yael van der WoudenDutch
Yael van der Wouden was born in 1991 in Israel and moved to the Netherlands as a child, growing up in a Dutch-Israeli Jewish household. She studied literature and later creative writing, and works as a writer, editor, and critic in the Netherlands. Writing in English as her literary language, she emerged as a significant new voice in international fiction with her debut novel. Read more →
