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The Lie

By: Mary Chamberlain
Narrated by: Esther Wane
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Summary

Joan, once a singing star of the 1940s and 1950s, now ekes out a lonely, impoverished existence—until a chance encounter promises a comeback concert and an album.

Her sister Kathleen is a successful medical researcher who has been offered the directorship of a prestige institute in Los Angeles in her retirement but is facing divorce after her husband's affair.

In their old age, Joan and Kathleen draw closer together. Until a figure from Joan's past threatens everything they've built. As the sisters excavate the lies that bound them together, a more profound truth threatens to drive them apart.

Set in three time frames, the novel unravels the sisters' lives as choices past and present collide.
©2023 Mary Chamberlain (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd
Family Life Historical Fiction
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Not as good as previous

Not as enjoyable as other novels but does write a good insight to a female perspective Always strong characters but the storyline was perhaps a bit weaker Narrated well

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