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What I Saw And How I Lied

por Judy Blundell

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In 1947, with her jovial stepfather Joe back from the war and family life returning to normal, teenage Evie, smitten by the handsome young ex-GI who seems to have a secret hold on Joe, finds herself caught in a complicated web of lies whose devastating outcome change her life and that of her family forever.… (mais)
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Historical Fiction
  BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |
This book often felt like a story of a whiny girl masquerading as a high brow historical mystery. Sometimes I really wanted to quit, but slept going N
and felt satisfied by the end. ( )
  mslibrarynerd | Jan 13, 2024 |
Evie thinks she is just on a glamorous vacation with her mother and stepfather. Evie thinks that Peter is her first real love. Evie thinks her life is about to begin. Only too late does Evie learn the truth. The truth about her mother, her step father, Peter, and the world at large. And once she does learn the truth, she abandons it, in favor of what she thinks is necessary.

What I Saw and How I Lied is really a fascinating character study, a mystery of sorts and a coming of age novel. The characters are just so well done, from Evie to her mom to her dad to the Graysons to Peter. I wouldn't say they are all top-notch "likeable" people, but they are flawed. Imperfect. Joe has a temper - but he really does love his wife and daughter and wants to do right by them. (I also think he shows potential signs of PTSD, which made me think of all the men from WWII who came home with PTSD but never got it treated.) Bev has a wandering eye, hates being a housewife - but she LOVES her daughter and would do anything for her. And Evie comes across as naive, but when she needs to grow up, she does so.

This was a powerful book, one that definitely stuck with me, but also one I feel you have to be in the "right" mood to read. It's not happy or super uplifting, but it's important and impactful.

Judy Blundell has really showed me that she is a great crafter of words, that she is just as good outside Star Wars as in, that she is better at young adult than middle grade, and that more Young Adult authors need to write like she does - conflicted characters, great stories with touches of realism, and important messages without the feeling of being clubbed over the head. I would definitely pick up another of her books in the future. ( )
  b00kdarling87 | Jan 7, 2024 |
WWII is over, Evie's step-father has returned from the front, and everything is going back to normal. That is, until Evie's family leaves their Queens home to take an extended vacation at a near-empty hotel in Palm Beach, Florida.

In this book Evie is about to turn 16--and she's about to fall in love with a mysterious older man who happens to be vacationing in the same deserted town as her family. Then a storm hits, both literally and figuratively, and changes Evie's life forever.

Blundell tackles three big genres in this little novel: historical fiction, the coming-of-age story, and 50s noir. There's a blond bombshell, a possible murder, post-war excess, antisemitism, lots of smoking, and a young girl caught in the middle about to lose her innocence.

I liked that it was well-written and moved quickly, but I thought it lacked depth and was a little short on character development. If it had been a longer book, I probably would've liked it more. ( )
  LibrarianDest | Jan 3, 2024 |
Pretty good YA mystery and coming-of-age girl's story set in 1947 just after the big war. Content is a bit mature though, so I'd say it's for 15 and over. ( )
  kslade | Dec 8, 2022 |
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In 1947, with her jovial stepfather Joe back from the war and family life returning to normal, teenage Evie, smitten by the handsome young ex-GI who seems to have a secret hold on Joe, finds herself caught in a complicated web of lies whose devastating outcome change her life and that of her family forever.

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