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Lies Like Love Synopsis
Lies Like Love is the haunting and heart-breaking novel from Louisa Reid, critically acclaimed author of Black Heart Blue.
LIES
'There were a few problems . . . bullying . . . a fire . . .'
LIKE
'I think she's verging on psychosis . . . now she's lashing out.'
LOVE
'She's got no one else to fight for her.'
Sixteen year-old Audrey just wants to be normal.
She's trying to fit in.
But what happens when the person closest to you suffocates you with their love?
What happens then?
About This Edition
ISBN: |
9780141343198 |
Publication date: |
3rd July 2014 |
Author: |
Louisa Reid |
Publisher: |
Puffin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
Format: |
Paperback |
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Press Reviews
Louisa Reid Press Reviews
Praise for Louisa Reid:
'Absolutely wonderful' Guardian
'Emotive, sometimes shocking story' Sunday Times
'A moving, gripping story' Sun
[Lies Like Love] . . . chillingly unravels a dysfunctional relationship that threatens to destroy the love it feeds on. Reid evokes the uncertainty and joy of teenage romance with all its passion and pain and brilliantly controls the increasingly disturbing truth . . . Daily Mail
Heartbreaking . . . demands to be read all at once, but will stay with you long after Teri Terry, author of the Slated trilogy
We read this in one sitting. ***** Teen Now
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About Louisa Reid
Louisa Reid is the author of the YA verse novels Gloves Off, nominated for the Carnegie Medal, and Wrecked, which was selected for both the Read for Empathy collection and National Poetry Day. Her debut adult novel, The Poet, was published this year by Doubleday to critical acclaim.
Louisa Reid has spent most of her life reading. When Louisa’s not reading she’s writing stories, or imagining writing them at least. As an English teacher, her favourite part of the job is sharing her love of reading and writing with her pupils. Louisa lives with her family in the north-west of England and is proud to call a place near Manchester home.
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