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Beth Tzedec Book and Film Club: The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden
Review led by Elaine Newton
Sep 10 2025, 12:45PM to 3:00PM
in the Herman Hall.
Elaine Newton reviews The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden. The review will begin at 1:30 p.m. and is preceded by lunch at 12:45 p.m. This program will also be available to join over Zoom.
It is 1961 and the rural Dutch province of Overijssel is quiet. Bomb craters have been filled, buildings reconstructed, and the war is truly over. 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. In the sweltering peak of summer, Isabel’s paranoia gives way to infatuation—leading to a discovery that unravels all Isabel has ever known. 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.
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2025-26 Series — All 6 sessions: $125 Beth Tzedec member / $165 Community at-large
Individual session: $30 per session
Event Details
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- 416-781-3511
- Cost:
- Series cost: $125 Beth Tzedec member / $165 Community at-large / Individual Session: $30
- Sponsor:
- Amica on the Avenue
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