“Someone once wrote that a novel should deliver a series of small astonishments. I get the same thing spending an hour with you.”
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A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends -- the Liars -- whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident. A secret. Lies upon lies. True love. The truth. Spending the summers on her family's private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer. We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from New York Times bestselling author, National Book Award finalist, and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart. Read it. And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE. - Publisher.
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E. Lockhart
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“Someone once wrote that a novel should deliver a series of small astonishments. I get the same thing spending an hour with you.”
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“Better than chocolate, being with you last night. Silly me, I thought that nothing was better than chocolate.”
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“He was contemplation and enthusiasm. Ambition and strong coffee. I could have looked at him forever.”
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“One day, she ventured to the palace library and was delighted to find what good company books could be.”
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“See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be”
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“They know that tragedy is not glamorous. They know it doesn't play out in life as it does on a stage or between the pages of a book. It is neither a punishment meted out nor a lesson conferr...”
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