It’s 2007 and 21-year-old Anjali Rai’s family faces foreclosure in a rapidly upscaling commuter town in Connecticut. Their savings are tied up in a shady investment. Maybe there is a chance they can salvage some of the money. Their only clue links the lost money to one of the biggest banks in the world: Stanley Penn. Anjali decides to take matters into her own hands and go undercover as a way to get to the truth.

Meanwhile, Laz Baker and his mom are evicted from their home under suspicious circumstances, a trail of fraudulent bank documents lead them back to Ivan Banks, Stanley Penn and a disturbing pattern of predatory lending.

Things are further complicated when the aloof Will Penn, heir to the Stanley Penn fortune, moves into the same town as Anjali for the summer, with secrets of his own.

As their lives collide during the financial crisis Anjali, Laz, and Will are locked into a dangerous game of intrigue and lies which will test their closest relationships and everything they have.

A beach read that will leave you with questions and make you think -- What We Saved is a relevant, compelling story of very different American families on the brink of crisis.