If I Were You

Set against the background of WWII, Lynn Austin, bestselling novelist and eight-time Christy Award winner, presents a fascinating tale about self-discovery and sisterhood.

1950: Following the war, Audrey Clarkson and her young boy leave their English manor estate in search of a new beginning in America. Audrey needs the help of her American in-laws, whom she has never met, as a bereaved war bride. When she gets there, however, she discovers that Eve Dawson, a lifelong acquaintance, has been posing as her for the last four years. It will be necessary to uncover this deceit in order to reveal Audrey and Eve's secrets and their convoluted friendship's past.

1940s. Since their first meeting at Wellingford Hall, when Audrey's mother employed Eve's mother as a lady's maid, Eve and Audrey have been as different as two friends can be. When they are young ladies, such distinctions become a divisive factor until a more serious threat—the Nazi invasion—brings them back together. Audrey and Eve join the battle as ambulance drivers, sharing the continuous risk as London is bombarded nonstop. Audrey's aspirations of a better future are sparked by an American stationed in England, and Eve finds hope in a future with Audrey's brother as the class structure collapses. However, after a terrible loss, both women are forced to make pivotal choices that will weave a web of deceit and drive them both to the brink of insanity long after the final bomb goes off.

This epic tale takes readers to one of the most trying times in history to examine the enduring strength of friendship and religion to overcome greater obstacles than we could have ever imagined.