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I am thrilled to be part of the Book Tour for “The Lies Among Us” by Sarah, Beth Durst, Amazon Publishing, Lake Union Publishing, April 1, 2024. On tour with Over the River Public Relations
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SYNOPSIS: After her mother dies, Hannah doesn’t know how to exist without her. Literally. In fact, Hannah’s not even certain that she does exist. No one seems to see or hear her, and she finds herself utterly alone. Grief-stricken and confused, her sense of self slowly slipping away, Hannah sets out to find new purpose in life—and answers about who (and what) she really is. Hannah’s only remaining family is her older sister, Leah. Yet even Leah doesn’t seem to notice her. And while Hannah can see and hear her sister, she also sees beautiful and terrible things that don’t—or shouldn’t—exist. She learns there’s much more to this world than meets the eye and struggles to make sense of it all. When Hannah sees Leah taking the same dangerous path that consumed their own mother—where lies supplant reality—she’s desperate to get through to her. But facing difficult truths is harder than it looks.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Sarah Beth Durst is the author of over twenty-five books for adults, teens, and kids, including The Bone Maker, The Lake House, and Spark. She won an American Library Association Alex Award and a Mythopoeic Fantasy Award and has been a finalist for the Andre Norton Nebula Award three times. Several of her books have been optioned for film/television, including Drink, Slay, Love, which was made into a TV movie and was a question on Jeopardy! Sarah is a graduate of Princeton University and lives in Stony Brook, New York, with her husband, her two children, and her ill-mannered cat.
My Review of “The Lies Among Us” by Sarah Beth Durst, Lake Union Publishing, April 1, 2024. On Tour With Over The River Public Relations
Sarah Beth Durst, the Author of “The Lies Among Us” has written a creative, captivating, intense, and unique novel.The genres for this novel are Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, and Magical Realism. There is a touch of satire in this novel as well. The themes throughout this book deal with LIES, and the power that lies have when they get out of control. The author has written an unusual and remarkable novel that vividly represents the theme in this book. The author describes the dramatic characters as complex, complicated, toxic, dysfunctional and quirky. There are twists and turns, danger, threats, secrets, betrayals, and strange and symbolic representations of characters.
After Hannah’s mother dies, Hannah feels a tremendous loss, and questions her own existence. Her sister Leah is dealing with many emotions after her mother’s death, but is very angry that her mother was an obsessive liar. Although Hannah is there for her sister, Leah doesn’t see or hear her. Hannah is searching for her identity, and the meaning of her (Hannah’s) life. Through Hannah’s adventures, she meets several characters just like her, and realizes that they each have a similar effect from lies, and the magical forms that they represent.
Hannah notices that Leah is repeating many patterns that their mother had. Is she too late to discover the truth, and defeat the lies? I highly recommend this thought-provoking novel to others.
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