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The False Friend

Myla Goldberg

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English
Titan Books
23 August 2011
The bestselling author of Bee Season brilliantly explores the cruelty of children, the unreliability of memory, and the unpredictable forces that shape our adult selves.. ""Haunting.... A compelling exploration of the fallibility of memory, explored through richly drawn characters.""-San Francisco Chronicle

Twenty years after Celia's best friend, Djuna, went missing, memories of that terrible day come rushing back-including the lie Celia remembers having told to conceal her role in Djuna's disappearance. But when Celia returns to her hometown to confess the truth, her family and childhood friends recall that day very differently. As Celia learns more about what may or may not have happened, she becomes increasingly uncertain whom she should trust.
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Imprint:   Titan Books
Dimensions:   Height: 203mm,  Width: 132mm,  Spine: 18mm
Weight:   227g
ISBN:   9780307390707
ISBN 10:   0307390705
Pages:   252
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for The False Friend

<p>Praise for THE FALSE FRIEND <br> One of the most emotionally rich novels I've read this year...Intellectually rigorous, psychologically astute and beautifully written, The False Friend provides the truest accounting of the way memory can be a burden. <br>-- Jonathan Messinger for TimeOut Chicago <br> The False Friend is a riveting read, both compelling and richly satisfying. <br>--Richard Russo, author of That Old Cape Magic <br> Not since Margaret Atwood's Cat's Eye have we seen such a precise and haunting portrayal of girl bullying. With uncanny pitch and tenderness, Goldberg captures both the passion of female friendship and its most savage rite of passage. Both girls and adults will find solace in this gem of a novel. <br>--Rachel Simmons, author of Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls <br> There are moments when I fear that my entire personality was formed (and malformed) in middle school. We all learned the hard way that there is nothi


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