The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden childrens observes the treatment handed out

observes the treatment handed out to North African immigrants and is creeped out by her downstairs neighbour

the same as all its neighbours

' Ann Patchett on The Overstory'Breathtaking

'A deeply human read

utterly of the moment

The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden childrens observes the treatment handed outBomb craters have been filled, buildings reconstructed, and the war is well and truly over. Living alone in her late mother's country home, Isabel's life is as it should be: led by routine and discipline. 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 Eva is Isabel's antithesis: sleeps late, wakes late, walks loudly through the house and touches things