THE LIAR’S DIARY

Book ID/图书代码： 06840010B42834

English Summary/英文概要： A seductive psychological thriller about a woman facing the dark truths at the heart of her family

Jeanne Cross’s contented suburban life gets a jolt of energy from the arrival of Ali Mather, the stunning new music teacher at the local high school. With a magnetic personality and looks to match, Ali draws attention from all quarters, including Jeanne’s husband and son. Nonetheless, Jeanne and Ali develop a deep friendship based on their mutual vulnerabilities and long-held secrets that Ali has been recording in her diary. The diary also holds a key to something darker: Ali’s suspicion that someone has been entering her house when she is not at home. Soon their friendship will be shattered by violence—and Jeanne will find herself facing impossible choices in order to protect the people she loves.

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Awards/获奖情况：From Publishers Weekly
A case study in the explosive effects of extreme denial, Francis’s debut relies completely on its very unreliable narrator, with mixed results. When local violinist and composer Ali Mather, a very sexy 46, comes to teach music at the Bridgeway high school where narrator Jeanne Cross, a very plain 37, is the secretary, teachers and students alike are abuzz. Ali is separated from her mild husband George, and is soon sleeping with the 31-year-old shop teacher, Brian Shagaury (and also with car dealer Jack Butterfield). Jeanne is married to a buff orthopedic surgeon, Gavin, with whom she has an overweight, dyslexic 16-year-old son, Jamie, who attends the school. An unlikely friendship develops between the seemingly steady Jeanne and acting-out Ali, and Jeanne’s purposefully flat narration is effective in doling out disorienting incongruities (as in the offhanded way Jeanne develops a serious pill habit). Ali’s provocative lifestyle eventually intersects directly with Jeanne’s home life. When tragedy strikes, Jeanne’s Stepford routine holds for a while, then becomes a giveaway. (Feb.)

Subsidiary Sales for THE LIAR’S DIARY:
UK/Old Street Publishing
France/ChercheMidiSpain/Ediciones Urano
Netherlands/Samenwerkende
Uitgeverijen Meu
Germany/Aufbau Verlag
Hungary/Kelly Kiado
Poland/Gruner and Jahr
Polska
Czech Republic/Euromedia
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Turkey/Epsilon
US Audio/Brilliance

About the Author/作者介绍： Patry Francis is a three-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize whose work has appeared in the Tampa Review, Colorado Review, Ontario Review, and the American Poetry Review. She is also the author of the popular blogs, simplywait.blogspot.com and waitresspoems.blogspot.com. The LiarÂ’s Diary is her first novel.

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