While this would be merely a strength in a different story, in Family of Liars it becomes the element that makes readers develop empathy for the characters and care about what happens.
Lockhart is a great storyteller with a knack for developing complex characters that feel deeply human. As Carrie retells the events of that summer in Beechwood Island, a private island owned by her father and uncle, she reveals the dark secrets and deep flaws that exist at the heart of her seemingly perfect family. Johnny is curious about Carrie's past and asks her to tell him stories about the worst things she did when she was young, so Carrie tells him about the summer of 1987, her 17th summer, the summer she first "saw a ghost" and kissed a boy for the first time. The novel takes readers back in time to show them the secrets at the core of the Sinclair family and how some of the major events of We Were Liars were set in motion during the summer of 1987, but the narrative also works perfectly well as a standalone coming-of-age novel about grief, addiction, young love, and learning to navigate the world.įamily of Liars starts with Caroline Lennox Taft Sinclair - Carrie to almost everyone in her life - spending time in her kitchen with the ghost of her dead son Johnny. Lockhart's Family of Liars is a strange prequel to her New York Times bestseller We Were Liars. Old family secrets come to light, and new ones are buried in this spell-binding novel of family and tragedy, love and betrayal, that will sweep you off your feet. Lockhart pulled me into the story so thoroughly that I could smell the ocean, hear the clink of ice in a glass, and feel the raw emotions of our (admittedly) unreliable narrator.
Family of Liars returns to idyllic Beechwood Island, circa 1987, a magical epoch of lemon hunts and privilege, of first love, and of shocking events that upend the teenage Sinclair sisters’ lives. If you loved We Were Liars then the backstory of the Sinclair family’s deeply-rooted rifts and allegiances is the book you’ve been waiting for. DOWNLOAD PDF Book summary of Family of Liars by E.
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