"Shocking, moving, well told look at segregated societies and how individuals deal with or justify them"
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2016.
Fascinating, commanding and stimulating; this work of fiction is steeped in the history of the American school integration struggle in the late 1950’s. The author has clearly done her research and written a provocative and yet somehow irresistibly beautiful novel. Talley picks you up and hurls you down in the middle of the brutal pack mentality, she spins you around, then gently slips hope and love inbetween the clamour and hatred.
Sarah and Linda feel substantial and real; their dreams and fears, writhe and pulse from the pages. This is so thought-provoking it almost hurts to read it, yet every word is needed, is necessary and consequently this is a novel that lingers long after you've finished it.
It's 1959 The battle for civil rights is raging. And it's Sarah's first day of school as one of the first black students at previously all-white Jefferson High No one wants Sarah there. Not the Governor.
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It's 1959 The battle for civil rights is raging. And it's Sarah's first day of school as one of the first black students at previously all-white Jefferson High No one wants Sarah there.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Lies We Tell Ourselves and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-18 years old
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Lies We Tell Ourselves was written by Robin Talley and published by Mira Ink an imprint of Harlequin (UK)
Lies We Tell Ourselves has 368 pages
Yes it is part of MIRA Ink series
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. In Stock.
