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The New York Times bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs series
turns her prodigious talents to this World War I standalone novel,
a lyrical drama of love struggling to survive in a damaged,
fractured world.
By July 1914, the ties between Kezia Marchant and Thea
Brissenden, friends since girlhood, have become strained--by Thea's
passionate embrace of women's suffrage, and by the imminent
marriage of Kezia to Thea's brother, Tom, who runs the family farm.
When Kezia and Tom wed just a month before war is declared between
Britain and Germany, Thea's gift to Kezia is a book on household
management--a veiled criticism of the bride's prosaic life to come.
Yet when Tom enlists to fight for his country and Thea is drawn
reluctantly onto the battlefield, the farm becomes Kezia's
responsibility. Each must find a way to endure the ensuing
cataclysm and turmoil.
As Tom marches to the front lines, and Kezia battles to keep her
ordered life from unraveling, they hide their despair in letters
and cards filled with stories woven to bring comfort. Even Tom's
fellow soldiers in the trenches enter and find solace in the dream
world of Kezia's mouth-watering, albeit imaginary meals. But will
well-intended lies and self-deception be of use when they come face
to face with the enemy?
Published to coincide with the centennial of the Great War, The
Care and Management of Lies paints a poignant picture of love and
friendship strained by the pain of separation and the brutal chaos
of battle. Ultimately, it raises profound questions about conflict,
belief, and love that echo in our own time.
Se trata de una obra que recupera el espiritu de la novela clasica,
presentando al lector las experiencias vitales de un personaje
indomito, rebelde, critico con la sociedad donde se desenvuelve,
pero al mismo tiempo noble y honesto, siempre aspirando a una
justicia social que repetidamente se le niega. A traves de sus
largas misivas a un antiguo amigo, el protagonista, Jean laporte,
describe la epoca convulsa y el ambiente social que le han tocado
vivir, sus peripecias vitales en relacion a las personas
importantes de su vida y, muy especialmente, los pensamientos y
estados de animo que las acompanan.
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Blue Fire
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R J Mikelionis
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The Rebel Yank gallops across the grand panorama of the American
Civil War with all the rousing excitement of a full-out cavalry
charge. It's June 1860, and young Paul Douglas finds his loyalties
sharply divided as his country splits in two. He and his
domineering father, his devoted sister, and his steadfast friends
are thrust into a whirlwind of conflicting allegiances and
divergent paths. Circumstances force Paul to make some hard
decisions. Should he marry the enticing daughter of an iron ore
magnate to bolster his family's fortunes, or should he declare his
secret lifelong love for the beautiful daughter of a Chippewa
healer? Should he stay North with his family and fiancee and fight
to keep the country united, or should he follow his conscience and
support the South's War for Independence? Paul's choices lead him
on a kaleidoscopic odyssey through battlefields and bedrooms as he
seeks his own separate peace in a nation torn apart by war.
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West River
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Bill Bishop
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