Wed, Aug 26 · 6:30 PM AEST
An exhilarating tale of twisted desire, histories and homes, and the unexpected shape of revenge.
Winner of the Women's Prize in Fiction 2025
It is fifteen years after the Second World War, and Isabel has built herself a solitary life of discipline and strict routine in her late mother's country home, with not a fork or a word out of place. 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…
Yael van der Wouden was born in 1987 and lives and works in The Netherlands. She lectures in creative writing and comparative literature.
