Título: Beautiful Lies: A Novel
Autor: Lisa Unger
Sinopse: If Ridley Jones had slept ten minutes later or had taken the subway instead of waiting for a cab she would still be living the beautiful lie she used to call her life. She would still be the privileged daughter of a doting father and a loving mother. Her life would still be perfect with only the tiny cracks of an angry junkie for a brother and a charming drunk with shady underworld connections for an uncle to mar the otherwise flawless whole. But that's not what happened. Instead those inconsequential decisions lead her to perform a good deed that puts her in the right place at the right time to unleash a chain of events that brings a mysterious package to her door a package which informs her that her entire world is a lie. Suddenly forced to question everything she knows about herself and her family Ridley wanders into dark territory she never knew existed where everyone in her life seems like a stranger. She has no idea who's on her side and who has something to hide even and maybe especially her new lover Jake who appears to have secrets of his own. Sexy and fast-paced Beautiful Lies is a true literary thriller with one of the freshest voices and heroines to arrive in years. Lisa Unger takes us on a breathtaking ride in which every choice Ridley makes creates a whirlwind of consequences that are impossible to imagine . . . . AN INTERNATIONAL BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH SELECTION A featured alternate selection of the Literary Guild Doubleday Book Club Book-of-the-Month Club Mystery Guild and Rhapsody Book Club. Also available as a Random House AudioBook a Large Print edition and an eBook. From the Hardcover edition.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Beautiful Lies: A Novel”, de Lisa Unger, publicado pela editora Crown Publishing Group, em 2009 e com 384 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Crown Publishing Group
Páginas: 384
Ano: 2009
Edição:
Linguagem: inglês
ISBN: 0307341828
ISBN13: 9780307341822
