EAN: 9781982172541

WHAT COULD BE SAVED - LIESE OHALLORAN SCHWARZ K...

A harrowing tale of the lies of omission and the lies of commission that can break a family
apart  What Could Be Saved is a delicious hybrid of mystery  drama  and elegance: rich with
detail  lush in language  and capable of keeping you on the edge of your seat. -Jodi Picoult 
#1 New York Times bestselling author An enthralling  redemptive novel set in Bangkok in 1972
and Washington  DC  in 2019 about an expatriate child who goes missing  whose family is
contacted decades later by a man claiming to be the vanished boy. Washington  DC  2019: Laura
Preston is a reclusive artist at odds with her older sister Bea as their elegant  formidable
mother slowly slides into dementia. When a stranger contacts Laura claiming to be her brother
who disappeared forty years earlier when the family lived in Bangkok  Laura ignores Bea's
warnings of a scam and flies to Thailand to see if it can be true. But meeting him in person
leads to more questions than answers. Bangkok  1972: Genevieve and Robert Preston live in a
beautiful house behind a high wall  raising their three children with the help of a cadre of
servants. In these exotic surroundings  Genevieve strives to create a semblance of the life
they would have had at home in the US - ballet and riding classes for the children  impeccable
dinner parties  a meticulously kept home. But in truth  Robert works for American intelligence
Genevieve finds herself drawn into a passionate affair with her husband's boss  and their
serene household is vulnerable to unseen dangers in a rapidly changing world and a country they
don't really understand. Alternating between past and present as all of the secrets are
revealed  What Could Be Saved is an unforgettable novel about a family shattered by loss and
betrayal  and the beauty that can exist even in the midst of brokenness.

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