The Lines We Leave Behind – Kindle Edition
4.3 out of 5 Stars – Customer Reviews
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“The Lines We Leave Behind is mesmerizing; a deeply affecting story of treachery, deception, sacrifice, and loss. Beautifully written and completely absorbing…” —Karen Dionne, author of the internationally bestselling The Marsh King’s Daughter
England, 1947: A young woman finds herself under close observation in an insane asylum, charged with a violent crime she has no memory of committing. As she tries to make sense of her recent past, she recalls very little.
But she still remembers wartime in Yugoslavia. There she and her lover risked everything to carry out dangerous work resisting the Germans—a heroic campaign in which many brave comrades were lost. After that, the trail disappears into confusion. How did she come to be trapped in a living nightmare?
As she struggles to piece together the missing years of her life, she will have to confront the harrowing experiences of her special-operations work and peacetime marriage. Only then can she hope to regain the vital memories that will uncover the truth: is she really a violent criminal…or was she betrayed?
The Lines We Leave Behind – Kindle edition by Eliza Graham. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
From the Editor
What does it feel like to be accused of a crime you’re sure you didn’t commit, but which you can’t remember? That’s what Maud has to deal with in this emotionally charged novel about the aftermath of the Second World War.
The Lines We Leave Behind is a beautifully written novel that leaves you desperate to understand how Maud—sweet-natured, earnest, and quiet—has found herself confined to an asylum, forced to relive the war years in an attempt to remember her crime. Has she done something truly awful, or is this a terrible injustice? Not even she knows. A life can go in unexpected directions: for Maud, a chance meeting with a man in London before the war leads to a life of subterfuge and espionage in war-torn Yugoslavia, during the most tense days of the conflict.
It is only years after the war, with the return to normality, that Maud is able to find answers. I found the utter hopelessness that Maud feels, the stifling expectations placed upon her after a time of exhilarating adventure, heartbreaking to read. As step by step the truth comes to light, both Maud and the reader are left breathless as they realize that something far bigger has been happening all along. And as the reality consumes Maud, so it will consume you—this is definitely a book that will stay with you long after you’ve discovered its secrets.
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“Heartbreaking yet riveting.” —Woman Magazine
“This beautiful spy thriller is a riveting but heartbreaking read.” —Woman’s Weekly
“The Lines We Leave Behind is mesmerizing; a deeply affecting story of treachery, deception, sacrifice, and loss. Beautifully written and completely absorbing…” —Karen Dionne, author of the internationally bestselling The Marsh King’s Daughter
“A fascinating story depicting a part of WWII not often represented: Britain’s involvement in fractured Eastern Europe, particularly Yugoslavia. Part spy story, part domestic thriller, The Lines We Leave Behind is an emotional journey with a complex heroine who faces danger during the war and psychological consequences after.” —Emily Winslow, author of Jane Doe January and the Keene and Frohmann crime series