The Safekeep, by Yael van der Wouden

To have and to hold

Feb 14, 2025

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Hello everyone. This week I am writing a short review of The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden, published last year and shortlisted for the Booker Prize. I was encouraged to read it after Anne Boyd, and so many of her subscribers, recommended it.

Audacious Women, Creative Lives

What book(s) did we love this year?

Sharpen your pencils and get out your TBR (to-be-read) lists! And tell us what you read this year—by or about an audacious woman—that you would like to recommend. (It needn’t have been published this year, of course.) Here is my list…

6 months ago · 123 likes · 155 comments · Anne Boyd

I want to be careful in this review to not give away too much. Do go and order this book (an affiliate link to my Bookshop.org site – only available for my UK readers, I’m afraid) and read it for yourself! And go and check out Anne’s Substack Audacious Women, Creative Lives and subscribe!

The Safekeep, by Yael van der Wouden

To have and to hold

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