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Genre-defying Costa Award Winner

by mansii

If you have never read British novelist Frances Hardinge, her genre-defying books may just become your new addiction! Fresh to AADL shelves comes Hardinge’s Costa award-winning novel, The Lie Tree. We could call it historical fiction, mystery, suspense, philosophical literary fiction, fantasy, cultural criticism—or a riveting blend of all of the above.

When Faith Sunderly’s father shows up mysteriously dead, her need for her late father’s approval, and fear of her family’s ruin drive her forward on a mission. She must prove her suspicion that he was murdered. Thus begins her dangerous flirtation with a mystical shrub whose fruit impart visions of truth in exchange for whispered lies. As her flirtation becomes obsession, who will she become? And how trustworthy—or misleading—are these fruit-born visions?

Faith’s story pushes against what fears drive us, what cravings lure us, and what redemption asks of us as we grapple towards it. Set in Victorian England, the stage is not only ripe for a girl deciding who she will become, but a woman asserting her place in a world of men. On top of all of this is a page-turning fiction that will pull you in, spit you out, and leave you wanting more.

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