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A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself

Peter Ho Davies’ third novel is a poetic meditation on the nature of regret and a couple’s enduring love. It’s a difficult but marvelous book.

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Review of ‘A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself’

As challenges go, fatherhood can be beautiful and rewarding. The health of one’s child, however, may complicate matters. A couple forced to confront some of these challenges is at the center of Peter Ho Davies’ excellent third novel, A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself.

The book is told from the perspective of a man…

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