from sleahey

Not a Maisie Dobbs novel, this historical fiction is the story of England before and during World War I, and the affects it had on two young women. At the outset, Kezia is a parson's daughter about to get married to Tom, a farmer who is her best friend Thea's brother. Each changes dramatically du...

from Twink

I had no idea until I turned the first few pages that Jacqueline Winspear's newest book, The Care and Management of Lies, was not an entry in the Maisie Dobbs series. Not that it mattered - I knew I would enjoy whatever story Winspear had written. The author's notes at the beginning of the book p...

from etxgardener

Jacqueline Winspear takes time off from her Maisie Dobbs mystery series (but not forever one hopes) to write a novel of World War I. Kezia Marchant and Thea Brissenden have been friends since they were both scholarship students at an ENglish girls' boarding school, but lately have been going apar...

from gaby317

I very much enjoy Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs novels, so I was excited to review her standalone The Care and Management of Lies which is set during WWI. At the heart, we have a story about friendships and about love. Thea Brissenden grew up as a farmer's daughter and was a fellow scholarsh...

from khiemstra631

Lots of WW I novels have appeared on the scene this year, what with the 100 year anniversary of the start of the war occurring in 2014. This is the only one of the crop that I have read since Jacqueline Winspear is a favorite author of mine. As usual, the book takes place in Britain but also in F...