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If I Were You: A Novel

By: Lynn Austin
Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman
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From best-selling and eight-time Christy Award-winning author Lynn Austin comes a remarkable novel of sisterhood and self-discovery set against the backdrop of WWII.

1950. In the wake of the war, Audrey Clarkson leaves her manor house in England for a fresh start in America with her young son. As a widowed war bride, Audrey needs the support of her American in-laws, whom she has never met. But she arrives to find that her longtime friend Eve Dawson has been impersonating her for the past four years. Unraveling this deception will force Audrey and Eve’s secrets - and the complicated history of their friendship - to the surface.

1940. Eve and Audrey have been as different as two friends can be since the day they met at Wellingford Hall, where Eve’s mother served as a lady’s maid for Audrey’s mother. As young women, those differences become a polarizing force...until a greater threat - Nazi invasion - reunites them. With London facing relentless bombardment, Audrey and Eve join the fight as ambulance drivers, battling constant danger together. An American stationed in England brings dreams of a brighter future for Audrey, and the collapse of the class system gives Eve hope for a future with Audrey’s brother. But in the wake of devastating loss, both women must make life-altering decisions that will set in motion a web of lies and push them both to the breaking point long after the last bomb has fallen.

This sweeping story transports listeners to one of the most challenging eras of history to explore the deep, abiding power of faith and friendship to overcome more than we ever thought possible.

©2020 Lynn Austin (P)2020 Tyndale House Publishers
20th Century Christian Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction England War
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Fabulous Story... interesting characters and story with a few surprise plot twists. easy to listen to.

Wonderful Story

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I loved learning a bit more about life during war time through the story of thesr fictional characters. Very wrll narrated as well.

Loved it!

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Spoiler alert. I loved this book for its vivid descriptions of WW2 and the way it completely drew me in to the two girls lives. I was disappointed in the ending, and hope there’s a sequel, so that more truth comes out, not just the bits that make a pretty bow. Eve’s son deserves to meet his father, and his father deserves to know he has a son. I was hoping Tommy would insist on that. It was challenging to think about “some things are better left secret” though. Often no easy answers.

Great historical fiction, rushed ending

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Well researched story, mostly beautifully written. My difficulty (without spoiling) is with the unrealistic conclusion.

Mostly a great story

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A loved this heartfelt novel! It’s written really well and the audio reading is brilliant! The characters felt realistic with genuine struggles and issues set within the context of the Second World War in Britain and its immediate social aftermath. A great historical fiction story of love, romance, friendship, faith, redemption & forgiveness. Definitely worth reading!

A great World War 2 novel

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This is a brilliant story kind of book. The lives of the two main characters ebb and flow threading themselves together and then loosening those threads only to find an unbelievable turn of events that appears there is no way out until a miracle happens. Written in war time England and post war America. Highly recommend.

Riveting and Real Feeling

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I loved it all, the story, the curiosity of how things would happen work out, the amazing plot, the interwoven historical events with a sense of understanding how it really felt to the people involved. And I loved Sarah zimmerman’s narration

A gripping novel

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