The release date for the English version of 'Lie With Me' by
Philippe Besson is Apr 2019. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
The renowned and highly regarded actress/writer Molly Ringwald translated the award-winning, best-selling French book by Philippe Besson, which is about an affair between two adolescent boys in 1984 France, with a delicate beauty and eerie poetry.
We rush along back roads, past oat fields, vineyards, and woodlands. All that counts is that I'm hanging on to him outdoors, even if the bike is noisy and smells like petrol. I also get scared sometimes when the wheels slide on the gravel on the dirt road.
Philippe meets a young guy in Bordeaux who looks a lot like his first love, just outside a hotel. What follows is a look back at the relationship he'll never forget—a covert romance he had in their senior year of high school with a stunning lad called Thomas. They sneak time to meet in secret and embark on a passionate, world-changing romance without ever admitting they know one other from the hallways.
Besson's very poignant coming-of-age tale, masterfully translated into English by Ringwald in her very first translation, conveys the sensuality and sexuality of first love as well as the tragic passage of time.