Join us for a fantastic evening with Booker Prize shortlisted and Women's Prize winning author, Yael Van Der Wouden, to discuss her critically-acclaimed debut novel, The Safekeep; a tale of twisted desire, histories and homes, and the unexpected shape of revenge.

Date:
Thursday 10th of July

Venue:
Loco Klub, Clock Tower Yard, Under stone archway, Bristol BS1 6QH

(Near Temple Meads)

Time:
Doors at 19:00. Discussion at 20:00. Finish approx 21:15.

Tickets:
£8.00 ticket only
£15.00 ticket with The Safekeep (paperback)

You don't need to bring your ticket with you, we will have a list of names on the door. Books will be available to buy on the night. 

ABOUT The Safekeep

It’s 1961 and the rural Dutch province of  Overijssel is quiet. Bomb 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: she sleeps late, wakes late, walks loudly through the house and touches things she shouldn’t. In response Isabel develops a fury-fuelled obsession, and when things start disappearing around the house—a spoon, a knife, a bowl—Isabel’s suspicions spiral out of control.

In the sweltering peak of summer, Isabel’s paranoia gives way to infatuation – leading to a discovery that unravels all Isabel has ever known. The war might not be well and truly over after all, and neither Eva – nor the house in which they live – are what they seem.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR