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Book Review of The Lies We Told

The Lies We Told
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OH MY GOSH! I've read nearly every one of Diane Chamberlain's novels and loved them all. So well written and complex. She draws you in and never lets you go. I sometimes think there is a similarity in her books but then I realize that while the setting or relationships may be similar they are so only in that they hit a chord - right in your heart and in your head too! Upon a further review of all of them, I must say each is a gem in and of itself. She is a Southern Belle and so it makes sense that her settings are usually in the South. She is more comfortable there! But, "The Lies We Told" is different. It is truly an amazing story. You can read reviews of the story itself elsewhere. Let me just say that it is about two sisters, each with a devastating secret from their childhood. They are very different and each handles the secret, and her life, in very different ways. A major catastrophe(not unlike Katrina)sends their lives into a tailspin. How each handles herself in this situation unfolds throughout the book with each sister given alternating chapters for her own side of the story. I loved it! Couldn't put it down until the last page sadly came into view! Fortunately I was recovering from major surgery at the time and could read it through pretty much uninterrupted! I highly recommend this book (and other Diane Chamberlain novels) to readers of all types of fiction. There is something there for everyone. Thank you Diane Chamberlain! Please keep writing!