Tag: the lie
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WW1 Wednesday: Book Review: The Lie by Helen Dunmore
Following the anchorless, alienated Daniel Branwell as he tries to return to pre-war life in 1920 Cornwall. Appearing to suffer from PTSD, or ‘shell-shock’, he lives isolated in a cliff-top cottage unofficially bequeathed to him by the dying owner. His childhood friend and blood-brother, Frederick died in France, yet his literal ghost is a source…
The Hopeful Edwardian 