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Summer's ending, Evie's stepfather is finally home from the Second World War, and Evie is tired of her glamorous mother treating her like a little girl. Then a mysterious stranger appears; a handsome ex-GI who served with Evie's stepfather. Slowly, Evie realizes that she is falling in love with him - but he has dark secrets, and a strange control over her parents When a sudden tragedy occurs, Evie's world is shattered. Torn between her family and the man she loves, Evie must betray someone. The question is ... who?
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Set in the US just after WWII, this book is narrated by 15yr old Evie Spooner.
She is the only child of devastatingly beautiful Beverley Spooner and a loving stepfather, Joe. Joe has a chain of appliance stores, reaping the new-found wealth of Americans after the war, however, it seems there are question marks over how he raised the money for them.
Unexpectedly he takes Evie and her mother on a holiday to Florida, a four day drive from their home in Queens.
This is an opportunity for Evie to blossom, to experience first love - but all is not as it seems. The young GI, Peter Coleridge, who sweeps Evie off her feet, is formerly from Joe's platoon. He seems to know a lot more about Joe than Joe is happy with.
Everything comes to a head as a furious typhoon sweeps the coast, reaping chaos and mayhem over the whole area and irrevocably changing Evie's life.
All the characters are beautifully drawn, Evie, a teenager desperate to make the jump into adulthood but in many ways very naive, her mother, a Marilyn Monroe look-alike, the salesman step-father, plus several other guests at the hotel.
Unfortunately I didn't feel the court case presented a true test of Evie's allegiancies, though I'd spoil the plot if I explained why.
Definitely a good read but not quite 5 stars.
The cover is striking - a flyleaf depicting a young Evie from the 40's and an inner cover showing her beautiful mother - a woman of her time.
She is the only child of devastatingly beautiful Beverley Spooner and a loving stepfather, Joe. Joe has a chain of appliance stores, reaping the new-found wealth of Americans after the war, however, it seems there are question marks over how he raised the money for them.
Unexpectedly he takes Evie and her mother on a holiday to Florida, a four day drive from their home in Queens.
This is an opportunity for Evie to blossom, to experience first love - but all is not as it seems. The young GI, Peter Coleridge, who sweeps Evie off her feet, is formerly from Joe's platoon. He seems to know a lot more about Joe than Joe is happy with.
Everything comes to a head as a furious typhoon sweeps the coast, reaping chaos and mayhem over the whole area and irrevocably changing Evie's life.
All the characters are beautifully drawn, Evie, a teenager desperate to make the jump into adulthood but in many ways very naive, her mother, a Marilyn Monroe look-alike, the salesman step-father, plus several other guests at the hotel.
Unfortunately I didn't feel the court case presented a true test of Evie's allegiancies, though I'd spoil the plot if I explained why.
Definitely a good read but not quite 5 stars.
The cover is striking - a flyleaf depicting a young Evie from the 40's and an inner cover showing her beautiful mother - a woman of her time.
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Evie is on the cusp of adulthood, but it's not coming quick enough for her. Like all young girls, she dreams of falling in love for the first time, and being allowed to wear makeup and high heels. When Evie's stepfather suddenly takes the family for a holiday in Florida, she is thrilled, but this is the first step towards tragedy that will cause her to grow up much more quickly than she wants too. The story is set just after the war when America was a prosperous country, and everyone had money to spend. Evie's stepfather was no different, and had set up some hardware stores, but where did he get the money from? A mysterious phone call prompts their flight from New York to Florida, but trouble follows them down there.
This is a great story, which I really enjoyed, and after I got to a certain point, I just couldn't put it down. Evie is a character that you can really warm to, and the author makes you sympathise with her as things start to go wrong. She tries so hard to be grown up, but she doesn't understand the rules of the game, and gets her fingers burnt. The story is set in the USA just after the second world war, and is filled with evocative sights and sounds of the era. The author says that this is a period that she is fascinated with, and this comes through in her writing. A very good read!
This is a great story, which I really enjoyed, and after I got to a certain point, I just couldn't put it down. Evie is a character that you can really warm to, and the author makes you sympathise with her as things start to go wrong. She tries so hard to be grown up, but she doesn't understand the rules of the game, and gets her fingers burnt. The story is set in the USA just after the second world war, and is filled with evocative sights and sounds of the era. The author says that this is a period that she is fascinated with, and this comes through in her writing. A very good read!
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well this was probably the most gripping and most interesting books i have ever read. as a teenager i thing this book grasps exactly what i would want to read about in a book and i could really conect with evie i felt that it was perfect and i will recomend it to my friends!!! :)
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Great historical read
From the tone at the beginning of the book, I feared that I wouldn't be able to get into this book, but I did and it was fantastic. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Stepping Out of the Page
What I Saw and How I Lied
This book is set in the 40's era at the end of WWII. The main character in the story is 15 year old Evie Spooner, who like all teenage girls dreams about falling in love for the... Read more
Published 7 months ago by carly
One for teens
Very much aimed at a younger reader than I and I think younger, teen, readers will enjoy it. A well written coming of age story with a historical context and a mystery to keep... Read more
Published 10 months ago by theTramp
Merely Average
The blurb of this book was promising, a coming of age drama set after World War Two, but the book itself was a total let-down. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Little Miss Bookworm
It would be a great mistake not to read this.
I am a 15 year old girl, and i can say i thoroughly enjoyed this book.
Wow, is really what i can say. Read more
Wow, is really what i can say. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Hannah
Fifties glam with a contemporary soul
Judy Blundell's novel for older teens is like every glamorous black and white movie you ever saw from the gorgeously described period fashion to the ratatat dialogue. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Candy Gourlay
Good thriller for ages 13 and up,
Teenaged Evie longs to be grown-up and glamorous, like her bombshell mom, but she gets more than she bargained for when her stepfather whisks the family away to Palm Beach and she... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Murray
Simply great!
This book, as suggested by the plot, focuses in some aspects about life after the second world war. When Evie's stepfather comes back all the misteries occur. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Agne
Ideal choice for an 11 year old girl
My 11 year old daughter loved reading this book. Shh was fully engaged in the story and read the book from cover to cover. She now rates it as one of her favourite books.
Published 23 months ago by P. Barclay
A coming of age historical murder mystery
There's a strong hint of old fashioned 1940s film noir about Judy Blundell's What I Saw and How I Lied - the femme fatale figure of Evie's mother, in combination with the... Read more
Published on 10 Mar 2010 by L. Cooney
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