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A Good Liar

Author(s): Ruth Sutton

Location(s): Cumbria, The Lake District

Genre(s): Fiction, Historical

Era(s): Early 20th century

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Jessie Whelan has always been a good liar, trying to protect her independence and her career as a teacher. But she risks everything when, after years of discreet loneliness, she embarks on a love affair. In the meantime, her secret past draws ever closer.
Ruth Sutton’s powerful novel is the first part of a trilogy set in the north-west corner of England, ‘Between the Mountains and the Sea’. She creates an intimate picture of interconnected lives in Cumbria in the early twentieth century.

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The author is able to paint a picture of the plot and the setting, so that it feels as if the reader is there with the characters. Lovely – Laura Grieveson –

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