{"id":672151,"date":"2025-09-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2025\/09\/19\/the-dark-side-of-the-dutch-countryside\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T00:00:00","slug":"the-dark-side-of-the-dutch-countryside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2025\/09\/19\/the-dark-side-of-the-dutch-countryside\/","title":{"rendered":"The dark side of the Dutch countryside"},"content":{"rendered":"

? <\/strong>Shortlisted<\/strong> for the 2024 Booker Prize, and recipient of the 2025 Women\u2019s <\/strong>Prize for Fiction Award<\/strong>, The Safekeep<\/a> by Dutch author Yael van der Wouden is a short novel that packs a mighty punch. In under 300 pages, van der Wouden presents an intriguing, bold, and at times jarring tale of two women at odds, who find themselves living with one another in an old family home in the Dutch countryside in the years following World War II. <\/p>\n

Peace, disturbed:<\/strong> The novel begins with Isabel, a woman on the cusp of her thirties residing in her off-the-beaten-path countryside residence with her young maid. She spends her days alone, tending to her garden and her house. Her mother passes before the events of the novel \u2014 which take place in the Summer of 1961 \u2014 and her brothers have long left the nest to pursue their own lives. Isabel has crafted quite the mundane routine for herself, and the reader is quickly given the impression that any discrepancy from it would cause Isabel to spiral.<\/p>\n

And spiral she does.<\/strong> Upon tending to her garden one day, Isabel nicks her finger on a broken shard of what turns out to be a dinner plate buried deep in the garden \u2014 one belonging to her late mother. Yet, her mother\u2019s set is complete, she realizes. Disturbed, she boards a train to see her brother Hendrick, who naturally doesn\u2019t think much of it, simply advising his sister not to blame it on the maid. Her brother\u2019s words do not calm her, and she begins to ruminate over her house\u2019s history. <\/p>\n

An unwelcome guest:<\/strong> When Louis, a third sibling, joins Hendrick and Isabel, he\u2019s accompanied by his partner Eva, a woman whose simple existence shocks Isabel. Eva is everything Isabel isn\u2019t: confident, outspoken, and visually assertive, with bleached hair and tight, revealing fashion choices. More importantly, Isabel is suspicious of Eva, but cannot put her finger on why. The women exchange subtle hostilities \u2014 they\u2019re not off to a good start to say the least, compounded by Isabel begrudgingly taking in Eva for the summer as her brother leaves to attend to business abroad. <\/p>\n

It turns out that Isabel was never in a position to refuse, seeing as the house was <\/strong>technically Louis\u2019.<\/strong> Eva begins to take up space \u2014 too much, in Isabel\u2019s view \u2014 and Isabel finds herself in a living hell. To make matters worse, her mother\u2019s heirlooms start going missing. But not all is as it seems, and the house\u2019s dark history and connection to the war comes into play \u2014 we\u2019ll leave it at that to avoid spoilers. <\/p>\n

As the weeks pass, the animosity intensifies to such a degree that it leaves room for <\/strong>something else to brew: obsession\u2026 and desire<\/strong> \u2014 though it\u2019s not your typical enemies-to-lovers story. Soon begins a clandestine affair that culminates in a shocking third act reveal that throws the reader in for a loop.<\/p>\n

The Safekeep is a beautifully written novel that holds myriad complexities within its <\/strong>pages. <\/strong>The writing is descriptive yet tact, and the characters are fully-fleshed out, with the dialogue feeling reel and unfiltered. It is, however, an explicit novel at times, so be advised. That said, it is not one you\u2019ll want to miss out on, especially if historical fiction is a genre you can\u2019t get enough of. <\/p>\n

WHERE TO GET IT<\/strong>- You can find The Safekeep at Bibliothek<\/a>, or keep an eye out on Diwan<\/a> for a restock of the paperback edition. You can also find the eBook<\/a> on Amazon. Prefer audiobooks? The Safekeep is available on Storytel<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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