The Care and Management of Lies: A Novel of the Great War Audiobook

Quotes

• “An engaging picture of the human spirit in a distant time of war, World War I, from the battlefields to the home front in an English village.”

  — Herman Wouk, Pulitzer Prize–winning author

• “There is power in subtlety. This one is a stunner.”

  — Martin Cruz Smith, #1 New York Times bestselling author

• “A haunting evocation, from an unusual angle, of the war that cast such a shadow over the whole twentieth century. Jacqueline Winspear knows her native England, and the human heart, very well indeed.”

  — Adam Hochschild, New York Times bestselling author

• “In this dazzling novel Jacqueline Winspear writes irresistibly about the First World War, both in the trenches of France and the fields of England. Her characters walk off the page and into our imaginations, as we fight with them, farm with them, cook with them. I devoured this book.”

  — Margot Livesey, New York Times bestselling author

• “Five kind and honorable people are caught up in the depredations of the Great War in this first stand-alone novel by the author of the Maisie Dobbs mystery series…A sad, beautifully written, contemplative testament.”

  — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

• “The Great War’s impact on the home front and battlefield is portrayed in Winspear’s winning stand-alone tale about two girlfriends and how their disparate lives entwine when one of them marries the other’s brother…While questioning war’s value and showing its terrible effects off the battlefield, Winspear fashions a stunning trajectory for her main characters.”

  — Publishers Weekly

• “Winspear’s beloved period mysteries featuring Masie Dobbs depict an England haunted by memories of the Great War, so it’s no surprise that she uses the conflict as the backdrop to this elegiac historical…Though this is not a mystery, Winspear’s fans should welcome the keen period detail and thoughtful tone so familiar from the Maisie Dobbs books, while historical fiction readers will be gripped by this sensitive portrayal of ordinary men and women on the home front and battlefield.”

  — Library Journal

• “In a stand-alone departure from her popular post-WWI mystery series featuring psychologist Maisie Dobbs, Winspear has created memorable characters in a moving, beautifully paced story of love and duty.”

  — Booklist