{"product_id":"a-lie-someone-told-you-peter-ho-davies-9780544277717","title":"A Lie Someone Told You about Yourself","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003ePeople\u003c\/em\u003e 10 Best Books of the Year - A \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book of the Year - An \u003cem\u003eIndependent\u003c\/em\u003e (UK) 20 Best Books of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Wise, bracingly honest...A reassuring reality check...Exhilarating.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A heartbreaking, soul-baring novel about the repercussions of choice that \"will strike a resonant chord with parents everywhere,\" (starred \u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e) from the award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Welsh Girl \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Fortunes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Lie Someone Told You About Yourself \u003c\/em\u003etraces the complex consequences of one of the most personal yet public, intimate yet political experiences a family can have: to have a child, and conversely, the decision not to have a child. A first pregnancy is interrupted by test results at once catastrophic and uncertain. A second pregnancy ends in a fraught birth, a beloved child, the purgatory of further tests--and questions that reverberate down the years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When does sorrow turn to shame? \u003cbr\u003e When does love become labor? \u003cbr\u003e When does chance become choice? \u003cbr\u003e When does a diagnosis become destiny? \u003cbr\u003e And when does fact become fiction? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This spare, graceful narrative chronicles the flux of parenthood, marriage, and the day-to-day practice of loving someone. As challenging as it is vulnerable, as furious as it is tender, as touching as it is darkly comic, Peter Ho Davies's new novel is an unprecedented depiction of fatherhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"There are some stories that require as much courage to write as they do art. Peter Ho Davies's achingly honest, searingly comic portrait of fatherhood is just such a story\u003cem\u003e...\u003c\/em\u003eThe world needs more stories like this one, more of this kind of courage, more of this kind of love.\" --Sigrid Nunez, National Book Award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Friend\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"There is nothing superfluous in these pages...A novel that...earns its place on the shelf alongside the frank and sometimes acerbic memoirs of Rachel Cusk and Anne Enright.\" --Claire Messud, \u003cem\u003eHarper's\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Ho Davies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0544277716\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780544277717\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.10h x 5.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2020 pg. 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/05\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2020 pg. 24","brand":"Peter Ho Davies","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44052186759423,"sku":"9780544277717","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c4bfc212-8620-4553-95da-a0b7d77ee42d.jpg?v=1685017426","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-lie-someone-told-you-peter-ho-davies-9780544277717","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}