constantly flirting with Sala's fascination for the grotesque and lending palpable tension to the gruesome riddle of The Chuckling Whatsit
but Bro and Sis's constant bickering makes everything worse
or feel othered by society’s narrow norms
who has been unjustly denounced in the pages of a newspaper
Ocean Vuong writes of people caught between disparate worlds
The Safekeep ages 7-10 constantly flirting with Sala's fascination* SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 BOOKER PRIZE * * WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION * Shortlisted for the 2025 Womens Prize, Dylan Thomas Prize, and Aspen Words Literary Prize A Best Book of 2024: The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Time, The Economist, The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Kirkus Reviews, The Independent, BookPage, The Sunday Times (London) RemarkableCompellingFine and tautIndelible. The New York