If I Were You by Lynn AustinMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is a WWII Christian novel.
Lynn Austin is the best author of Christian fiction I've found. Some might say it is Francine Rivers, and she is also near the top of the list for me. However, Lynn Austin's fiction feels so realistic and inspiring, I've always loved every book I've read of hers.
In this novel she's got two main characters, really. Audrey and Eve. They are best friends. In a slightly "Prince and the Pauper" kind of UK scenario Audrey is a member of the aristocracy and is raised in a huge English manor house. She meets Eve in the woods when they are children. Eve's mom works as a lady's maid for Audrey's mother. Audrey and Eve become best friends. Much later in life one girl impersonates the other. It is a good story!
Aside from the personal story, WWII happens and the two young women have to survive it, which isn't easy with German planes carpet-bombing London and other places in the country. This books gives a real education on what it might have been like to live through that kind of war.
I recommend the book. I read it as part of my participation in the Sisters In Christ Book Club here on Goodreads.
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