Tell Me Lies

An intense, seductive tale of coming-of-age that examines poisonous love, unrelenting ambition, and startling betrayal, The story Tell Me Lies is about that one person—the other one—who is still after you. incorrect one. the one you were unable to part with. The one you will always remember.

When Lucy Albright walks onto the campus of her little California college, she has left her Long Island childhood behind and is relieved to be hundreds of miles away from her mother, whom she will never forgive for betraying her when she was a young adolescent. Lucy seizes her new beginning with enthusiasm and makes the most of her college experience, enjoying exciting lessons, crazy parties, and making new friends. She then gets to know Stephen DeMarco. enchanting and lovely. Difficult and devastating.

Stephen, who exudes confidence and cockiness, sees something in Lucy that no one else does, and she is immediately drawn to this self-image and the feeling of possibilities that his attention affords her. In the meanwhile, Stephen is adamant about moving on from a prior event that would destroy him if it came to light. His unwavering ambition to succeed also includes securing Lucy's love.

Tell Me Lies covers Lucy and Stephen's relationship through college and life after graduation in New York City, switching between their voices. Lucy understands deep down that she must face the truth about Stephen. She has to face and mend her connection with her mother before she can break free from this compulsive entanglement, or else she runs the danger of being lost in an illusion about what true love is.

This brilliantly intelligent and incredibly poignant book explores the joys and challenges of young adulthood, as well as the challenge of letting go, even when you know you should. It does so with the psychological insight and biting wit of Luckiest Girl Alive and the yearning ambitions and desires of Sweetbitter.