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Beautiful Lies
by Lisa Unger
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1863254803
- ISBN 13
- 9781863254809
- Seller
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Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Bantam, Sydney, 2006. Publishers Uncorrected Proof Copy. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 376 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Bantam, Sydney, 2006. Publishers Uncorrected Proof Copy. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: What if your name was a lie? What if your whole life was a lie? In the split second freelance writer Ridley Jones saves a small child from being run over, her life changes forever. A newspaper photographer catches everything on film and Ridley becomes an instant media darling. But just as her life seems to be settling back to normal, an unmarked envelope slipped under her door shatters everything. It contains the newspaper article, along with an old photograph of a man, a woman who looks eerily like Ridley, and a little girl. The accompanying note reads simply: 'Are you my daughter?' Forced to question everything she thought she knew about herself and her family, Ridley wanders into a dark underworld she never knew existed. Now she's not sure who is on her side or who has something to hide even and maybe especially Jake, her new neighbor - a stranger she is irresistibly drawn to who seems to have secrets of his own. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Thrillers; ISBN: 1863254803. ISBN/EAN: 9781863254809. Inventory No: 13060435.. 9781863254809
Synopsis
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 SELECTIONA 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.
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Details
- Seller
- Manyhills Books
(AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 13060435
- Title
- Beautiful Lies
- Author
- Lisa Unger
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Publishers Uncorrected Proof Copy
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1863254803
- ISBN 13
- 9781863254809
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Fiction; Beautiful Lies
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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