Small Wars, Sadie Jones
Small Wars, Sadie Jones
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Small Wars
A Novel

Author: Sadie Jones

Narrator: Stephen Hoye

Unabridged: 10 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/25/2010

Synopsis

Fresh off her triumphantly assured debut novel The Outcast, award-winning author Sadie Jones has again delivered a quiet masterpiece in Small Wars. Set on the colonial, war-torn island of Cyprus in 1956, Jones tells the story of a young solider, Hal Treherne, and the effects of this "small war" on him, his wife, Clara, and their family. Reminiscent of classic tales of love and war such as The English Patient and Atonement, Jones's gripping novel also calls to mind the master works of Virginia Woolf and their portrayal of the quiet desperation of a marriage in crisis. Small Wars is at once a deeply emotional, meticulously researched work of historical fiction and a profound meditation on war-time atrocities committed both on and off the battlefield.

About Sadie Jones

A screenwriter turned author, Sadie Jones was born in London, the daughter of a writer and an actress. After leaving school, she worked in video production and as a waitress, and travelled to America, the Caribbean, and Mexico, before moving to Paris where she taught English and wrote her first screenplay. Back in London, she spent several years as a screenwriter before writing her acclaimed debut novel, The Outcast. Sadie lives in London with her husband, the architect Tim Boyd, and their two children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Debbie on June 25, 2015

Small Wars by Sadie Jones is the second book within year that I have had to stop reading for a while because I’ve become upset by an event in the book. Both times the effect on me was created by the storyline and the skill of the writer. In The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin, I had become so att......more

Goodreads review by Jo on March 25, 2021

Quite good but took a while to get going. About Greek/Turkish fight for Cyprus.......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie on February 29, 2012

Major Hal Treherne first saw Clara, his friend's sister, when he was 19 and she was 17. The year was 1946. He felt overwhelmed by her and within a few years they were married. Hal came from a family where emotions were not talked about and intimacy was as close to him as a foreign language. He was n......more

Goodreads review by Ian on September 27, 2011

What to do with an author such as Sadie Jones. I found outcast a pleasant enough read.... enough to make me pick up small wars. Again - all pleasant enough but is it worthy to continue dedicating precious time to slightly better than average works? There is nothing to dislike - but nothing to really......more

Goodreads review by aufeinkaffeemitsichselbst on December 09, 2021

Hallo meine Lieben, ich habe gestern in zwei Tagen meine Sub Leiche " Kleine Kriege" Von Sadie Jones beendet". Ich bereue es sehr, dass ich es nicht früher gelesen habe.Was lest ihr denn gerade? Es kommt heute eine Rezension zu diesem schönen , emotionalen Buch hoch. Inhalt Henry Treherne ist ein jun......more

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