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The Lie

By: Helen Dunmore
Narrated by: Darren Benedict
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Summary
 Set during and just after the First World War, The Lie is an enthralling, heart-wrenching novel of love, memory and devastating loss
Cornwall, 1920. A young man stands on a headland, looking out to sea. He is back from the war, homeless and without family. Behind him lies the terror of the trenches. Behind him is also the most intense relationship of his life. Daniel has survived, but will he ever be able to escape the terrible, unforeseen consequences of a lie?©2014 Helen Dunmore (P)2014 W.F. Howes Ltd 20th Century Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Romance War & Military Tear-jerking War Military
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This is a beautifully written book that brilliantly reveals how a soldier was just unable to make a life for himself after the First World War. The story shows how the traumatised returnees had little to come back to, and were offered no understanding or support. The reflections on what happened to the main character in the war itself are vividly portrayed with just the right weight to take you there without shifting the focus away from the fact that the setting was the immediate post-war. I heard the ending driving to my train station this morning and was stunned. I cannot speak.

Finally I thought the narrator was perfect for this story and really enriched the experience by helping me relate to the main character and also understand his deep bond with his best friend that is the core thread of the story.

Not my usual genre but really glad I stepped out to give this a try.

Poignant tale of the after-war lives of war veterans

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