What could be saved : a novel / Liese O'Halloran Schwarz.
Laura Preston is at odds with her older sister Bea as their formidable mother slides into dementia. When a stranger contacts Laura claiming to be her brother who disappeared 40 years earlier, Laura ignores Bea's warnings of a scam and flies to Thailand to see if it can be true.
Record details
- ISBN: 1982150610
- ISBN: 9781982150617
- ISBN: 9781982150624
- Physical Description: 450 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Atria Books, 2021.
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Subject: | Siblings > Fiction. Swindlers and swindling > Fiction. Family secrets > Fiction. Intelligence officers > Fiction. Adultery > Fiction. Bangkok (Thailand) > Fiction. |
Genre: | Domestic fiction. |
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- 18 of 19 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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North Kansas City Public Library | FICTION SCHWARZ 2021 (Text) | 0001002432878 | Fiction | Available | - |
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What Could Be Saved : A Novel
Named a Best Book of 2021 by Real Simple "This brilliant portrayal of the lives of expats and their servants is also a suspenseful mystery with ever-darkening twists. For fans of A Little Life and The Goldfinch ." -- People , Book of the Week 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.