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Yael van der Wouden

Born 1987 · Netherlands

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    The Safekeep

    The Safekeep

    Yael van der Wouden · 37 when first published

    Novel · 272 pages · Historical, Love

    AI-generated summary:In the Dutch countryside in 1961, Isabel keeps her late mother's house and every object in it in strict order, until her brother Louis leaves his new girlfriend Eva with her for the summer.