The Safekeep by Yael Van der Wouden (Booker Prize Shortlisted 2024) Zoë Schlanger READERS HAVE FALLEN FOR LAURIE

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The Safekeep by Yael Van der Wouden (Booker Prize Shortlisted 2024) Zoë Schlanger READERS HAVE FALLEN FOR LAURIESHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024 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 Louis delivers his graceless new girlfriend, Eva, at Isabel's doorstep as a guest,