| Record Number |
848888 |
| ISBN |
9781760879266 (paperback) |
| Author |
Schwarz, Liese O'Halloran author. |
| Title |
What could be saved / Liese O'Halloran Schwarz. |
| Publisher/Date |
Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2021. |
| ©2021 |
| Pagination etc. |
450 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Summary Note |
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. |
| Subject |
Brothers and sisters -- Fiction |
| Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction |
| Family secrets -- Fiction |
| Intelligence officers -- Fiction |
| Adultery -- Fiction |
| Bangkok (Thailand) -- Fiction |
| Domestic fiction. |
| Shelf Location |
F SCHW |
