LIES WE TELL OURSELVES

The Book

Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley
Genre: YA | american literary fiction

About Lies We Tell Ourselves:

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. Not the teachers. And certainly not the students – especially Linda, daughter of the town’s most ardent segregationist. Sarah and Linda are supposed to despise each other. But the more time they spend together, the less their differences matter. And both girls start to feel something they’ve never felt before. Something they’re determined to ignore.

Source: Info in the About Lies We Tell Ourselves was from the press kit from the publicity team.

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The Buzz

Because it’s one thing to stand up to an unjust world – but another to be terrified of what’s in your own heart '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' - Lovereading

‘Lies We Tell Ourselves is a powerful, important story that I can’t recommend enough’ - Paperback’d Reviews

‘I want to recommend this book to everyone. This book will make you angry, it will make you cry, but it will also make you smile.’- No More Than Books

a Harlequin title

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Meet The Author

About Robin Talley:

I grew up in Roanoke, Virginia, and escaped to Washington, D.C., at the first opportunity. I now live with my wife, our antisocial cat, and our goofy hound dog on Capitol Hill and work for a progressive nonprofit organization. I spend my nights and weekends writing young adult fiction about LGBT characters, reading books, and enjoying The Daenerys Show (you may know it as Game of Thrones).

My first novel, Lies We Tell Ourselves, will be released Sept. 30, 2014, by Harlequin Teen. It's set in 1959 Virginia, and it's about a black girl who's one of the first to integrate an all-white high school, and the white girl with whom she ultimately falls in love. My next book, Unbreakable, follows a high school couple -- Gretchen, who identifies as a lesbian, and Toni, who identifies as genderqueer -- whose relationship is tested when they're separated for their first year of college.

My website is at http://www.robintalley.com. You can reach me on Twitter at @robin_talley or by email at robintalley678 at gmail.com.

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