The Lie Tree : A Novel (Paperback)

from SandDune

This has just won 'Book of the Year' in the Costa Book Awards, the first children's book to win the overall title since The Amber Spyglass won it for Philip Pullman in 2001, so I thought it ought to be worth reading. Especially as I generally prefer the Costa short lists to those for the Booker, ...

from atreic

I loved this. Reached the 'can't put it down, I'll just read 4 more pages and _then_ go back to what I need to be doing' stage, absolutely whizzed through it. It's the story of Faith, an upper class Victorian girl whose father is an eminent natural scientist. It's a lot of stories - the story of ...

from pierthinker

Faith discovers a strange tree as she searches through her dead father's belongings. The tree thrives on being told lies and reveals a truth to whoever eats its fruit. Faith uses the tree to discover how her father died, but the heady mixing of lies and truth spirals out of control. This is an e...

from rivkat

Faith is the ignored daughter of a curate/natural scientist working in Darwin's wake and a mother she despises for her embrace of feminine wiles. A scandal sends the family to an isolated island, where Faith learns that almost everything she believes about her family only scratches the surface of...

from mariananhi

Okay, if that synopsis and the awesome cover (gush) aren't pulling enough, then probably nothing is. Because this book is definitely a pulling enthrallment that can make your hair stand up. The Lie Tree is a wonderfully alluring read. It's a book full of mystery secrets, with dark atmosphere and ...