A Lie Someone Told You about Yourself - by Peter Ho Davies

A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself is a heart-wrenching, soul-baring novel that delves into the complexities of parenthood, marriage, and the day-to-day practice of loving someone.

With piercing honesty and humor, Peter Ho Davies explores the repercussions of choice in having a child, and the emotional journey that follows.

This unflinching portrayal of fatherhood is both tender and clear-eyed, covering a lot of ground in a short space.

The novel's spare, graceful narrative chronicles the flux of parenthood, marriage, and the day-to-day practice of loving someone, leaving readers with a profound understanding of the joys and sorrows of having kids (or not), staying married (and sometimes fantasizing about not), and ushering your own parents through old age.

With its raw, honest depictions, intimate details, and refreshingly realistic portrait of a couple's marriage, A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself is a thought-provoking book that will resonate with readers long after they finish reading.