{"product_id":"to-be-honest-michael-leviton-9781419743054","title":"To Be Honest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA memoir of \"great wit and irony\" about growing up in a family fanatically devoted to honesty, and navigating what came next (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you're like most people, you probably lied today. It may have been a small one, some insignificant falsehood meant to protect someone's feelings or guard your true thoughts. Now imagine if your parents ingrained in you a compulsion to never, under any circumstances, withhold the truth or fail to speak your mind. It might be wonderfully freeing. Everyone else might not appreciate it so much.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo Be Honest\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003eMichael Leviton\u003c\/b\u003e's extraordinary account of being raised in a family he calls a \"little honesty cult.\" For young Michael, his parents' core philosophy felt liberating. He loved \"just being honest.\" By the time he was twenty-nine years old, Michael had told only three \"lies\" in his entire life. But this honesty had consequences--in friendships, on dates, and at job interviews. And when honesty slowly poisoned a great romance, Michael decided there had to be something to lying after all. He set himself the task of learning to be as casually dishonest as the rest of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Leviton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1419743058\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419743054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry N. Abrams\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 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.60w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/25\/2020","brand":"Michael Leviton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44047181185279,"sku":"9781419743054","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_308ba1b8-0715-43f9-a36e-01383e5aa49b.jpg?v=1684988722","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/to-be-honest-michael-leviton-9781419743054","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}