The Care and Management of Lies
- Author: Jacqueline Winspear
- Narrator: Nicola Barber
- Publisher: HarperCollins USA
- Duration: 9:45:19
Synopsis
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 herself, 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?
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.
Chapters
-
001 The Care and Management of Lies
Duration: 42s -
002 Chapter 01
Duration: 41min -
003 Chapter 02
Duration: 36min -
004 Chapter 03
Duration: 36min -
005 Chapter 04
Duration: 31min -
006 Chapter 05
Duration: 26min -
007 Chapter 06
Duration: 27min -
008 Chapter 07
Duration: 32min -
009 Chapter 08
Duration: 29min -
010 Chapter 09
Duration: 32min -
011 Chapter 10
Duration: 32min -
012 Chapter 11
Duration: 26min -
013 Chapter 12
Duration: 34min -
014 Chapter 13
Duration: 24min -
015 Chapter 14
Duration: 30min -
016 Chapter 15
Duration: 29min -
017 Chapter 16
Duration: 31min -
018 Chapter 17
Duration: 25min -
019 Chapter 18
Duration: 32min -
020 Chapter 19
Duration: 20min