The Care and Management of Lies: A Novel of the Great War (P.S. (Paperback)) - Tapa blanda

"Winspear has returned--via a good new, standalone, non-mystery novel called The Care and Management of Lies--to the wartime period that clearly continues to haunt her. In a publishing season crowded with commemorations of the outbreak of World War I...Winspear's books more than hold their own."--Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air

"Captivating....It is in Kezia's imagination and kitchen where this tragic story of war, passion, love and friendship comes alive. Winspear illustrates how food-whether it's imaginary or real-can provide the perfect amount of tenderness and compassion when it's needed the most....A suspenseful wartime narrative."--San Francisco Chronicle

"Jacqueline Winspear is one of our best....Beautifully imagined and executed....As with every Winspear novel, there is beautiful writing-and in Kezia and Tom, two characters you won't soon forget."--USA Today

"Fiction at once fresh and timeless, intimate and sweeping that chronicles the challenging friendship between a suffragist and a farmer's wife....A rare stand-alone novel by the author of the beloved Maisie Dobbs series."--O, the Oprah Magazine

"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

"Winspear knows the history of the war that changed the world. In The Care and Management of Lies, she's telling us the story, she's bringing it home. Beautifully, tragically, indelibly."--Bobbi Dumas, NPR Books

"Captivating."--Good Housekeeping

"A winning stand-alone tale....While questioning war's value and showing its terrible effects off the battlefield, Winspear fashions a stunning trajectory for her main characters."--Publishers Weekly

"s much a story of the home front as of the battlefield, this new stand-alone novel is, above all, a moving tale about the beauty of those very virtues--fortitude, faithfulness, compassion--that the Great War called into question."--Washington Post

"Just as strong [as the Maisie Dobbs series]-enough to guarantee satisfaction for even the most fervent Maisie fan."--Seattle Times