Leaders of a mercurial clique of girls, Celia and Djuna reigned mercilessly over their three followers. One afternoon, they decided to walk home along a forbidden road. Djuna disappeared, and for twenty years Celia blocked out how it happened.
The lie Celia told to conceal her misdeed became the accepted truth: everyone assumed Djuna had been abducted, though neither she nor her abductor was ever found. Celia’s unconscious avoidance of this has meant that while she and her longtime boyfriend, Huck, are professionally successful, they’ve been unable to move forward, their relationship falling into a rut that threatens to bury them both.
Celia returns to her hometown to confess the truth, but her family and childhood friends don’t believe her. Huck wants to be supportive, but his love can’t blind him to all that contradicts Celia’s version of the past.
Celia’s desperate search to understand what happened to Djuna has powerful consequences. A deeply resonant and emotionally charged story, The False Friend explores the adults that children become—leading us to question the truths that we accept or reject, as well as the lies to which we succumb.
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I love psychological dramas and I was blown away by The False Friend. It's one of those books that will stick with you for the rest of your life. It's powerful and brilliant!
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
October 5, 2010
272 pages
$25.95 US
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25 comments:
I've read other similar reviews on this book. I can't wait to read it!
Lou
The past always comes back to haunt you. It sounds like a really good book.
can't wait to find out when the truth is revealed
LeAnn/sunshine9
I hope I get lucky. I really want to read this.
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This is a book high on my list to read. Good review!
Eileen
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It looks like a great read. It'd really pull me in.
Sounds like a REALLY good book! It's on my TBR list.
I saw another review on this (not as good as yours, of course!) and would love to read this!
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I love mysteries, sounds like a good one~
This looks like a really compelling story!
I really want to read this one!
I am so glad for this review. I loved Bee Season and am eager to read Goldberg's newest book!
Thanks for the review. I put this one on my wishlist.
I love psychological drama! Will put this on my wishlist.
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this sounds like an interesting read, I think this will be added to my list of books to read!
Sounds like a powerful book. I'm already wondering what the real story is which moves it way up to the top of my TBR list.
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Sounds like my kind of a book.
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Oh, this one sounds good! Thanks for a good review & giveaway.
Best wishes,
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Sounds like a good book. Thanks for the giveaway! wgbc1446[at]yahoo[dot]com
I like the cover of this book!
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Would love to read this!
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Sounds like it is in the vein of "In the Woods". sounds like a really good read.
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This sounds like a very interesting book. garrettsambo@aol.com
I would love to read L The False Friend!
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