Miranda Doyle faces up to some of the ghosts in her family’s past and a difficult childhood in a witty and engaging memoir.
The Scottish writer tells the story of her life through a series of lies, while exploring the wider human nature to fib.
One of four children, she grew up in Edinburgh and endured a harsh, and at times harrowing, upbringing, left scarred by boarding school and a volatile family life.
Each short chapter looks at the lies told either to, or by Doyle, and those around her and builds up a picture of her life through the themes of love, marriage and family.
While often veering towards self-therapy, it is not a self-pitying account and Doyle’s humour and honesty make it a refreshingly original debut.
