{"id":32812,"date":"2014-06-03T10:03:36","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T15:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=32812"},"modified":"2015-01-10T10:09:23","modified_gmt":"2015-01-10T15:09:23","slug":"we-were-liars-by-e-lockhart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/we-were-liars-by-e-lockhart\/","title":{"rendered":"We Were Liars by E. Lockhart"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"We<\/a>Get ready: E. Lockhart<\/a>‘s latest is\u00a0apparently the<\/em> young adult read of the summer. That John Green<\/a>\u00a0cover endorsement alone should sell endless copies. So\u00a0when everyone is chattering about\u00a0what happened<\/em>, you’re going to want to join in.<\/p>\n

An aging, wealthy, widowed patriarch spends his summers on a private family island off the coast of Massachusetts, where he holds court over his\u00a0three divorced\u00a0daughters and their children. Of the grands, the first-born (and therefore heir-apparent) is Cadence Sinclair Easton, who makes up one-quarter of the eponymous “Liars.”\u00a0Inseparable since they spent their first summer together at age 8, the foursome includes\u00a0Cady, her cousins Johnny and Mirren, and Gat. Gat belongs, more or less, to Johnny, whose mother’s boyfriend is Gat’s uncle. Gat’s\u00a0Indian heritage unmistakably\u00a0marks him\u00a0as ‘other’\u00a0among\u00a0the pale, entitled, exclusive islanders.<\/p>\n

Part “Beauty and the Beast,” part King Lear<\/em>, even a touch of Wuthering Heights<\/em>,\u00a0the Sinclairs of Beechwood play out quite the drama of class, race, and privilege. The three trust-funded daughters are clearly\u00a0competing\u00a0for wealth and position, even arguing over their dead mother’s linens and jewels. One sister actually\u00a0refuses to marry her devoted, non-Aryan partner for fear of (rightfully so) losing her substantial cut. Granddad Sinclair\u00a0both disdains and feeds the discontent, threatening that a posthumous\u00a0Harvard building might be a better investment than his squabbling progeny. Prodded by their manipulating\u00a0mothers, the grandchildren, too, have their roles to play.<\/p>\n

And then there’s Gat … one of these is definitely not like the others.\u00a0Because\u00a0during “summer fifteen,” everything changes. Cady survives\u00a0a horrible accident, with no memory of what happened. The resulting\u00a0traumatic brain injury makes eating, sleeping, just basically functioning, a day-to-day challenge. After two years of trying to recover off-island,\u00a0Cady demands to return to Beechwood and be reunited with her Liars. Once there,\u00a0moments and snippets slip from\u00a0Cady’s crippled\u00a0memory, until the searing\u00a0truth finally\u00a0bursts forth.<\/p>\n

Go ahead: give in to your curiosity\u00a0\u2013 how can you stand not knowing what happened?\u00a0To speed you along, might I suggest you go audible? Adriadne Meyers hits\u00a0teenaged bewilderment pitch-perfectly. Whatever else you need to do\u00a0\u2013 work, commute, serve\u00a0the kiddies, walk the dog\u00a0\u2013 just push ‘play.’\u00a0That need-to-know urge will prod\u00a0you relentlessly forward.<\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Young Adult, Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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