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Half-truths & White Lies

Jane Davis author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd

Published:9th Apr '09

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Winner of the 2008 Daily Mail First Novel Award.

A novel that questions the influence of the people who are missing from our lives. It examines the thin line between love and friendship, looking at our complex emotional needs. It explores how one woman's life is dictated by her desire for children, whilst another's is shaped by her decision not to have them.

When Tom Fellows proclaims that a Venn diagram is a far better way of illustrating modern family ties than a traditional tree, his young daughter Andrea has no idea that he is referring to their own situation.It is only when she loses both parents in a shocking car accident that she takes an interest in her own genealogy and begins to realize that her perfect upbringing was not all that it seemed...

Half-truths & White Lies is a beautifully crafted, thought-provoking novel that questions the influence of the people who are missing from our lives. It examines the thin line between love and friendship, looking at our complex emotional needs. It also explores how one woman's life is dictated by her desire for children, whilst another's is shaped by her decision not to have them.

A beautifully written story of secrets, lies, grief and, ultimately, redemption, charmingly handled by this very promising new writer. -- Joanne Harris

ISBN: 9780552775700

Dimensions: 198mm x 127mm x 24mm

Weight: 273g

400 pages