When her father dies, she insists on taking in her mother who suffers from dementia. She becomes pregnant again and attempts unsuccessfully to get an abortion. The family lives with Ela’s father’s parents his mother is also disparaging about Ela’s mother. Trying to keep up appearances on holiday or in the village he grew up in, he constantly comments on her size he blames his lack of promotion on her, and belittles her job. He was born in New Zealand and resides in Melbourne with his wife.A poignant, comic and highly readable story of a dysfunctional family, Lies About My Mother deals with the ever-relevant issue of fattism and a woman’s battle to be in charge of her own body.Įla, six, growing up in the early 1980s, tells the story of her father’s conviction that everything in his life would be better if his wife were thinner.
In The Clearing, Pomare’s second novel, was also a critically acclaimed bestseller. His first novel, Call Me Evie, was critically acclaimed and won the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best First Novel. He has hosted the On Writing podcast since 2015 featuring bestselling authors from around the globe. Pomare is an award winning writer who has had work published in journals including Meanjin, Kill Your Darlings, Takahe and Mascara Literary Review. Thanks is extended to Hachette Australia for providing me with a copy of Tell Me Lies for review. It was a long game too, that this particular person had been playing, which just made it all the more frightening how well thought out everything had been, the patience of it all.Īnother captivating and gripping release from the brilliant J.P. The way in which someone who is a true psychopath can insinuate themselves into the lives of others, particularly if they have the financial means to aid in their deception. I found aspects of this story truly frightening. All the clues pointing one way towards a foregone conclusion until the moment when they don’t. I don’t mind a twisty psychological thriller and this one was certainly well thought out. Perfectly timed for reading between Christmas and New Year. This novel was originally published as an Audible Original and I can imagine how tense it would be to listen to for those, like me, who prefer to read their books than listen to them, it’s about to be released from Hachette in paperback and ebook. This is not a long novel, coming in at a concise 230 pages, but it’s utterly gripping from start to finish, my speed in reading it owing more to that than its actual page count. It’s not often I read a book from start to finish in a day, much less an afternoon, but Tell Me Lies was not leaving my white knuckled grasp until the end. Margot’s clients all lie to her, but one lie cost her family and freedom. That’s when she slams into his back and he falls in front of the train. He is looking down at his phone, with his duffel bag in hand as the train approaches. On a warm spring morning Margot approaches one of her clients on a busy train platform. Psychologist Margot Scott has a picture-perfect life: a nice house in the suburbs, a husband, two children and a successful career.
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