{"product_id":"what-could-be-saved-a-novel","title":"What Could Be Saved: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen a mysterious man claims to be her long-missing brother, a woman must confront her family’s closely guarded secrets in this “delicious hybrid of mystery, drama, and elegance” (Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWashington, DC, 2019: Laura Preston is a reclusive artist at odds with her older sister Beatrice 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBangkok, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlternating between past and present as all of the secrets are revealed, What Could Be Saved is “a richly imagined page-turner that delivers twists alongside thought-provoking commentary” (Kirkus Reviews).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liese O'Halloran Schwarz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43928835358783,"sku":"9781982150617","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/4566\/6623\/files\/9781982150617.jpg?v=1790085615","url":"https:\/\/thebookshopwp.com\/products\/what-could-be-saved-a-novel","provider":"The Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}