HWPL Readers: The Safekeep by Yael Van der Wouden In-Person / Online
Discussion leader: Mira Sennett
It is 1961 and the rural Dutch province of Overijssel is quiet. Living alone in her late mother’s country home, Isabel knows her life is as it should be—led by routine and discipline. But all is upended when her brother Louis brings his graceless new girlfriend Eva, leaving her at Isabel’s doorstep as a guest, to stay for the season. Eva is Isabel’s antithesis: she sleeps late, walks loudly through the house, and touches things she shouldn’t. In response, Isabel develops a fury-fueled obsession, and when things start disappearing around the house—a spoon, a knife, a bowl—Isabel’s suspicions begin to spiral. 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.
In person and via Zoom.
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82615966614?pwd=2iV3syPnQiuXRfm0jsbxYirYbYBFQj.1
Meeting ID: 826 1596 6614
Passcode: 215567
- Date:
- Tuesday, June 17, 2025
- Time:
- 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Boehm Room
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Event URL:
- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82615966614?pwd=2iV3syPnQiuXRfm0jsbxYirYbYBFQj.1
- Audience:
- Adult
- Categories:
- Book Discussion