The Little Liar

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Early on in The Little Liar, Mitch Albom’s omniscient narrator’s voice (actually, the voice of Truth) lays the foundations for — and directs readers’ perspective on — a story about how lies grow, and how love redeems us. It’s the story of Nico. A boy who hadn’t told a lie until he was eleven years old.

A boy whose story “concerns deception, great deception, but also great truth, and heartbreak and war and family and revenge and love, the kind of love that is tested over and over. Before the story ends, there is even a moment of magic, set against an endless tapestry of human frailty.”

Into this starkly delivered set-up and framework, we read how young Nico was offered a chance to save his own family when the Nazis invaded his Greek hometown. He obliges, and tells his fellow Jewish neighbours to jump aboard east-bound trains, where jobs supposedly await. He assures them they’ll be safe, only to realise, far too late, that his loved ones will never, ever return. As the decades pass, Nico realises the awful truth of what his actions and lies were responsible for.

Reviewed by Joanne Owen
Joanne Owen’s lifelong love of reading and writing began when she was growing up in Pembrokeshire, and very much wished that witches (and Mrs Pepperpot) were real.
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About The Little Liar

A stunning and emotional new novel from the beloved author of Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in HeavenWhat real readers say about Mitch Albom's books'Breathtakingly beautiful. A story that will stay with you forever''A beautiful and flawlessly choreographed book . . . No other book may ever compare''One of my favourite books . . . Wonderful, inspirational, and heart-warming! To me, it is a MUST READ!'The book is beyond words . . . Well written, engaging, poignant''This really is a wonderful book. You should read it'

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