Editorial Content for Lies You Wanted to Hear
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Reviewer (text)
We know from the start that Lucy's husband, Matt, kidnapped their two children, two-year-old Nathan and four-year-old Sarah. In the prologue, it is 1990. Lucy is arriving home from a librarian conference, to the house the four family members once shared. On the plane, her seatmate asks her if she has children.
"Two," Lucy says. "A boy and a girl. Today's my son's birthday." Read More
Teaser
How many ways can two people wound each other? In James Whitfield Thomson's debut novel, LIES YOU WANTED TO HEAR, Lucy's husband, Matt, has taken their children and fled. This seems 100% unforgivable, until we read the backstory of terrible wrongs committed by wife against husband, and mother against child. Then we're left wondering.
Promo
How many ways can two people wound each other? In James Whitfield Thomson's debut novel, LIES YOU WANTED TO HEAR, Lucy's husband, Matt, has taken their children and fled. This seems 100% unforgivable, until we read the backstory of terrible wrongs committed by wife against husband, and mother against child. Then we're left wondering.
About the Book
Alone in an empty house, Lucy tries to imagine the lives of her two young children. They have been gone for seven years, and she is tormented by the role she played in that heartbreaking loss. You can hardly see a glimpse of the sexy, edgy woman she used to be. Back then, she was a magnet for men like Matt, who loved her beyond reason, and Griffin, who wouldn’t let go but always left her wanting more. With shattering, unthinkable turns that will wrench every mother’s heart, this suspenseful story probes the issue of how well you know the person you married. How much can you trust them with your heart --- and with your future?
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