In brief chapters, Parrett concentrates on the relationship between grandparent and grandchild, leaving the middle generation largely silent. Narrated mostly from the perspective of the two grandchildren, There Was Still Love is a slim yet powerful novel. Each sister also holds in her heart a quiet resentment for the other: the one in Prague has endured war and Communism, while her twin has struggled to build a new life and family while also learning a new language. Four decades later, in 1980, one is still in Prague and the other lives in Melbourne, each tasked with looking after her grandchild. In Miles Franklin-nominated author Favel Parrett’s third novel, teenage twin sisters – vibrant, smart, mostly happy – are wrenched apart at the beginning of World War II.
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