My Lies, Your Lies: The emotionally gripping new novel for 2020 from the bestselling author

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Ya know, because his 'affair' with his 15yr old student was discovered and he was rightly charged with rape and sent to goal, couldn't take how he was treated in there and ultimately topped himself. But Freda keeps harping on this idea that David 'never raped' Marianne so should not have been punished in any way and that Marianne 'lied'. This is also followed with the question of whether Hebephilia is better, or deemed not as horrific as Pedophilia. She travels from London to a remote area in North Devon to Dimmett House, riddled with secret rooms, towers and turrets and darkened halls. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

This 'couldn't help it' crap is a lie rapists tell to excuse their utter disregard for the emotional and physical safety of women.There is a small cliffhanger left in, in the closing lines, which I think you’d only realise was a cliffhanger if you’d been paying attention to the details of stories told within the main narrative arch, but it’s very clever.

It read a bit like an autobiography at times but I liked getting to know the character and their background more. But of course, this not-yet-fully-formed woman was irresistible and that is somehow ON HER and not on him to keep his dick in his pants, the older person in a position of authority. The story is told primarily through Joely's eyes in the third person, as as occasionally Freda and Joely's mum, Marianne. Hired by Freda, Joely is there to help uncover what really happened – but as the story starts to unravel, it will end in a way she could never have imagined. Freda is out on the loose and they're all like, 'oh she's probably at her friend's house', like don't you want to know for sure?I feel that the author intentionally left us with this quandary and I know some of my fellow Pigeonhole readers thought that Sir deserved everything he got.

The challenging working relationship between Freda and Joely was tense and fascinating, as were the musical references and hints at long gone family relationships. I KNOW the meat industry is problematic but there are lots of reasons (including financial necessity) that people can't always be vegetarians I don't think we needed to accuse meat eaters of all 'not caring about the planet'. Also, Freda has chosen Joely for a reason and finding out that reason kept me quickly turning the pages, eager to discover how everything falls together. Yes there were uncomfortable parts, a 25 year old teacher grooming his 15 year old pupil and the abuse that followed but in some ways it alerts the reader to how the abuser snares his young victim and remember she was a child even though she was promiscuous and fell in love with him. It's not so much the age thing, as there were only 10 years between them, it was the fact he was in a position of authority and trust.Breathlessly intriguing from the first page to the last, My Lies, Your Lies is an unforgettable novel that intertwines the fascinating past of one mysterious woman to the present of another woman with a harrowing, unexpected twist. Although most cases of sexual interest in any children below the age of consent is often labelled as pedophilia. As the story of Freda’s past unravels, it spins Joely into a dangerous world of secrets and lies she could never have imagined, causing her to question everything she thought she knew about her family. I think most of the novel was intriguing and kept my attention, however there were a lot of unnecessary parts (or even just responses from characters) that felt a bit too implausible or unrealistic. To access your ebook(s) after purchasing, you can download the free Glose app or read instantly on your browser by logging into Glose.

Joely doesn't object to this even though she HAS A 15YR OLD HERSELF, the two of them discuss this 'affair' from both sides, constantly representing the student as a seducer and the teacher as a 'man of honour' who 'couldn't resist her'. I know times were different in the 60s but it is never acknowledged that a 15yr old can't have an 'affair' with her teacher, this relationship is abusive and illegal. As I'm writing this I'm still beyond stunned that this is a published novel that seems to have no self awareness of how utterly wrong and offensive it is.

I loved the format of two timelines, switching back and forth between past and present, as the story unfolds.