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The Lies You Told Me [Paperback]

Jessica Ruston
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6 Jun 2013
A daughter searches for the truth behind her mother's disappearance in this riveting novel, perfect for fans of Rosamund Lupton's SISTER and SJ Watson's BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP

'I do not know what you have been told about your mother. But I know it cannot be the truth...' Klara Mortimer never really knew her mother, Sadie, a former model, who left when she was just six years old. All she has is a handful of stories, passed down from the father who raised her. Klara tells herself she has long ago come to terms with her mother's disappearance from her life, but then she receives a note and key from someone who calls themselves 'N.R.'. These lead her to a garage, full of the remnants of her mother's past, and to the diary she kept all those years ago. Within its pages, Klara discovers a woman who doesn't quite match the portrait her father has painstakingly painted for her, and a story that leads her to question everything she thought she knew...

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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Headline Review (6 Jun 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0755383648
  • ISBN-13: 978-0755383641
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,542 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'A tight, compelling study of love, obsession and breakdown. I couldn't stop reading' (Jojo Moyes)

A gripping, moving, beautifully unwound story about family secrets and dark deeds done in the name of love. I couldn't put it down (Erin Kelly)

Addictive reading (Women & Home)

Insightful about middle-class angst at its most creepy... Unnerving (Independent on Sunday)

A really gripping read (Chloe's Chick Lit Reviews)

Brilliant! (Image magazine)

About the Author

Jessica Ruston was born in Warwickshire. Her career began in the worlds of theatre, film and publishing and she has written screenplays and two non-fiction books. Jessica lives in Brighton with her husband. For everything you need to know about Jessica, visit her website www.jessicaruston.com.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By C. Bannister TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Jessica Rushton's latest book grabbed me the moment I turned the first page with the postman delivering a package to Klara. Klara doesn't immediately open the package but once she does she finds a key and a mysterious letter telling her that the sender had kept it safe for her mother for the last 24 years. The letter was simply signed N.R.

Klara has not seen her mother since she was a very young child, one day she left and a few years later her father broke the news that she had died while in America. Full of grief he hadn't wanted to discuss her mother with her, is Klara about to discover the truth?

This is quality woman's fiction, theories about memories; what makes them, what triggers them and questions about how reliable they are. The feelings of being the odd one out, with different examples walking through the pages of this novel and the deep seated need held by all of us to know who we are and where we come from.

The writing and the pace of the revelations meant that this book made an impression outside the story held within it. The characters were so real I felt I knew some of them, probably because I have met versions of them, and the story though emotional wasn't without its moments of wry humour, some of the older generation are really horrendous , nuggets of truth aplenty this is certainly a book I will recommend to my friends.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Really great book. 9 Jun 2013
By ACF
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Such an enjoyable read. I was utterly drawn into the story and literally couldn't put it down. I highly recommend this book, it's very clever.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent 4 April 2013
By Dot TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Kindle Edition
I thought that Jessica Ruston's last book The Darker Side of Love was fantastic so I was very excited to receive her latest one. The Lies You Told Me is also fantastic, Jessica Ruston is a superb story-teller, she draws you in straight away and you are completely absorbed by the end of the first chapter.
Klara's mother disappeared when she was a child and her father told her she had died abroad. However, Klara receives a letter and a key; the key is for a storeroom which contains some of her mother's belongings, most importantly, her diary. Klara begins to discover the many secrets her mother kept which leads her to realise the many secrets her father has had to keep over the years too. She has been told so many lies; Klara begins to question her whole life, why the need for the lies and elaborate stories, what is she being protected from?
The Lies You Told Me flits between the present day which we see through Klara's eyes and then London in the 70's which is presented in Klara's mother's diary entries. Klara has to fit everything together in order to reach the truth.. Who was her mother and what is her father hiding? Klara doesn't just learn new things about her family members but about herself, the way in which she reacts to this new information affects her current relationship, she questions the way in which she behaves, is she like the mother she didn't know?
Jessica Ruston has written such an interesting book. I loved how everything came together at the very end but there were still some surprises. The whole book is about lies, the good ones and the bad ones plus the ones we don't even realise we are telling.
I highly recommend this book, The Lies You Told Me is a gripping read that I really struggled to put down.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Lies You Told Me 17 Jun 2013
Format:Paperback
Received this book on Saturday and had it finished by Monday... this book is a totally addictive read, I could not put it down... Fantastically written and keeps you "wanting to find out more".... The characters are easy to relate to and the ending is far from what I expected... Well worth reading and you will not be disappointed :-)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping - I couldn't put it down! xxx 13 Jun 2013
By Megan ReadingInTheSunshine TOP 100 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
When Klara was little, her mother disappeared, and all Klara has of her mother's life are the stories that her father has told her, about how her mother Sadie was.... Suddenly, Klara receives a key and a note from someone called `N.R.', with the key leading her to a store room. Inside are fragments of her mother's past, along with a diary that she kept many years ago. As Klara starts to read, she realises that the mother her father had told her about and the woman in the diary pages don't match up, leading Klara to question everything she knows...

I'll admit, I have never read a book by Jessica Ruston before, but it most definitely won't be the last. I was hooked from the very first page, quickly drawn in to the story...and even at the beginning I had so many questions buzzing in my mind. Why did Klara's mother disappear? What happened to her? And later on I had even more questions - What is the truth about all of this? Who can Klara trust?

Jessica Ruston has written a fantastic story that I could not tear my eyes from. I was racing through the pages because like Klara I desperately wanted to know what was going on, what had happened to her mother and in what direction the novel was going to take me. At times I made guesses and thought I was right, only to be completely surprised when a twist was thrown at me. I liked that the novel was mysterious, Jessica doesn't give away all of her secrets at once, instead unraveling them throughout the novel, and I really enjoyed guessing and trying to work things out for myself.

The novel is written from two sides. First we read about Klara, her life she has now and the moment she has the key and the note, going on to discover her mother's diary.
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3.0 out of 5 stars PRETTY GOOD THRILLER
Well paced story of a daughter trying to unravel her mother'e past secrets through reading her old diary.This is an over used device and one where we must suspend belief. Read more
Published 2 days ago by Martha Ivers
5.0 out of 5 stars Absorbing
I was captivated by the story told in this novel. It wrongfooted me again and again, the characters were all flawed, all dislikable at times, and this made them all the more real. Read more
Published 5 days ago by Julia Cunliffe
5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling and intriguing page turner
This is a brilliantly compelling story centred around Klara and her mother, who left her when she was a child. Read more
Published 14 days ago by S. J. Harman
2.0 out of 5 stars None
A good read but not as good as I'd hoped. I wanted to scream at both women most of the time, especially Klara. The concept was brilliant but I felt it lacked something
Published 20 days ago by VinoBianco
5.0 out of 5 stars The Lies you told me
kept me in suspense, showed how a lie can go wrong, also explored family relationships, very good ending, read it!
Published 27 days ago by Elizabeth R Morrison
5.0 out of 5 stars Did he kill her?
A very readable novel. The plot switches back and forth between the narrative of the protagonist - a young married woman - and extracts from her mother's diary. Read more
Published 2 months ago by peta
4.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Had me up in the early hours of the morning. Gripped me from the 1st few lines. Very good book and def worth reading.
Published 2 months ago by Elisabeth Oreilly
3.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad read
The Lies you told me - started out good but end was disappointing. Would try another of Jessica's novels though
Published 3 months ago by mopsy
5.0 out of 5 stars Best read in a long time
The story is set around 2 women..Mother and daughter. The daughter has been given a key to a storage unit by a stranger..The story centres round what she found there. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Greedy Reader
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