If I Were You: A Novel

By: Lynn Austin

Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman

From best-selling and eight-time Christy Award-winning author Lynn Austin comes a remarkable novel of sisterhood and self-discovery set against the backdrop of WWII.

1950. In the wake of the war, Audrey Clarkson leaves her manor house in England for a fresh start in America with her young son. As a widowed war bride, Audrey needs the support of her American in-laws, whom she has never met. But she arrives to find that her longtime friend Eve Dawson has been impersonating her for the past four years. Unraveling this deception will force Audrey and Eve’s secrets - and the complicated history of their friendship - to the surface.

1940. Eve and Audrey have been as different as two friends can be since the day they met at Wellingford Hall, where Eve’s mother served as a lady’s maid for Audrey’s mother. As young women, those differences become a polarizing force...until a greater threat - Nazi invasion - reunites them. With London facing relentless bombardment, Audrey and Eve join the fight as ambulance drivers, battling constant danger together. An American stationed in England brings dreams of a brighter future for Audrey, and the collapse of the class system gives Eve hope for a future with Audrey’s brother. But in the wake of devastating loss, both women must make life-altering decisions that will set in motion a web of lies and push them both to the breaking point long after the last bomb has fallen.

This sweeping story transports listeners to one of the most challenging eras of history to explore the deep, abiding power of faith and friendship to overcome more than we ever thought possible.

©2020 Lynn Austin (P)2020 Tyndale House Publishers

Set up was silly

the religious discourse came at the end was an unwelcome surprise. This was the first time I listened to this author and I won’t listen to her again.

Beautiful Story

One of my very favorite audible books. Beautiful story with the backdrop of WW2 and 2 friends, one from the aristocracy, one from the working class, brought together as women ambulance drivers during the bombing of Britain. An amazing story covering the years of WW2 until 1950.

Very different

Some of the story just was too much but over all the story was good. I’m glad at the end your not blown away but instead pleasantly pleased.

Great Story!

I love stories with historical settings and this one did not disappoint. The forgiveness and reconciliation intertwined in the story make it uplifting and leave us with smiles. Great Story!

Beautiful!

Everything was so enjoyable about this story and the narration! I was almost sad when it was over!