01729 a2200277 4500 11572 IN-BhIIT 20260901155913.0 260901b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780241999776 (paperback) IN-BhIIT eng 823.081 WOU/S Wouden, Yael van der. author 28565 The safekeep / Yael van der Wouden. London : Penguin, 2025. 240 pages ; 20 cm. Originally published in 2024. Includes bibliographical references. The safekeep: Set in the Netherlands in 1961, this atmospheric historical novel follows Isabel, a solitary woman whose carefully controlled life is disrupted when Eva, her brother's girlfriend, comes to stay at the family home for the summer. Isabel initially views Eva with suspicion, but their relationship gradually develops into an intense and unexpected attraction. As objects begin disappearing from the house, Isabel becomes increasingly suspicious and is forced to confront memories and secrets connected to her family and the Second World War. The emerging relationship between the two women exposes the emotional consequences of repression, loss, guilt, and inherited trauma. Through its exploration of desire, sexuality, memory, family secrets, and the lingering effects of wartime occupation, the novel examines how individuals and societies attempt to preserve, conceal, and ultimately confront the past. Women Fiction. 28268 Lesbians Fiction. 28566 Family secrets Fiction. 7997 World War, 1939-1945 Social aspects Fiction. 28567 GEN 15695 15695 0 0 ddc 0 0 GEN CLIITBBS CLIITBBS PR 2026-08-27 33 449.25 0 823.081 WOU/S 11572 2026-08-27 00:00:00 599.00 2026-08-27 GEN