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If You Save Me
If You Save Me
If You Save Me
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In London, surgeon Carl Kleinhans faces a moral dilemma. Should he perform a risky living donor liver transplant on a patient with a history of alcoholism? Especially when this patient is relying on his estranged Trinidadian son to be the donor?
And what of Carl’s own dark past that is threatening to sink his relationship?
Meanwhile, at Carl’s childhood home in South Africa, young Promise becomes aware of things spoken of in hushed tones.
A sweeping story of betrayal, secrets, hope and healing.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherKwela
Release dateJul 6, 2021
ISBN9780795710216
If You Save Me
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Lisa-Anne Julien

Lisa-Anne Julien is a Johannesburg-base author, originally from Trinidad and Tobago. Her short story, ‘Pulling Seine and Catching Souls’, was awarded a Highly Commended prize in the 2009 Commonwealth Short Story competition. In 2020, the unedited manuscript of If You Save Me was longlisted in the Mslexia First Novel Competition. 

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