The Lie

Helen Dunmore

earliest edition we have, 2014 Penguin Random House, 2014 304 pages

"Cornwall, 1920. Daniel Branwell has survived the First World War and returned to the small fishing town where he was born. Behind him are the trenches and the most intense relationship of his life. As he works on the land, struggling to make a living in the aftermath of war, he is drawn deeper and deeper into the traumas of the past and memories of his dearest friend and his first love. As the drama unfolds, Daniel...

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Lie edition · 2015 · Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated · 304 pages · 9780802123480
Lie edition · 2014 · Penguin Random House · 304 pages · 9780091953935
The Lie edition · 2014 · Atlantic Monthly Press · 304 pages · 9780802122544

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