Book Group – The Safe Keep by Yale Van Der Wouden

This month we are discussing The Safe Keep by Yale Van Der Wouden:

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, 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.

The discussion will be followed by Christmas lunch and Secret Santa.  Each person wraps a book and brings it along to the meeting, then each person chooses one at random and that book is discussed at the first meeting on 2026