Beautiful Lies: A Novel -

Lisa Unger

Crown Publishing Group

2009

384 páginas

12h 48m

ISBN-13: 9780307341822

If Ridley Jones had slept ten minutes later or had taken the subway instead of waiting for a cab she would still be living the beautiful lie she used to call her life. She would still be the privileged daughter of a doting father and a loving mother. Her life would still be perfect with only the tiny cracks of an angry junkie for a brother and a charming drunk with shady underworld connections for an uncle to mar the otherwise flawless whole. But that's not what happened. Instead those inconsequential decisions lead her to perform a good deed that puts her in the right place at the right time to unleash a chain of events that brings a mysterious package to her door a package which informs her that her entire world is a lie. Suddenly forced to question everything she knows about herself and her family Ridley wanders into dark territory she never knew existed where everyone in her life seems like a stranger. She has no idea who's on her side and who has something to hide even and maybe especially her new lover Jake who appears to have secrets of his own. Sexy and fast-paced Beautiful Lies is a true literary thriller with one of the freshest voices and heroines to arrive in years. Lisa Unger takes us on a breathtaking ride in which every choice Ridley makes creates a whirlwind of consequences that are impossible to imagine . . . . AN INTERNATIONAL BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH SELECTION A featured alternate selection of the Literary Guild Doubleday Book Club Book-of-the-Month Club Mystery Guild and Rhapsody Book Club. Also available as a Random House AudioBook a Large Print edition and an eBook. From the Hardcover edition.

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A jornalista Ridley (sim, é uma mulher) tem uma vida confortável e normal em Nova Iorque, com pais carinhosos e apoiadores, um tio incrível e conflitos eventuais com o irmão drogadito. De repente ela decide que há algo errado em sua vida e aventura-se em descobrir porque que tudo é tão legal e feliz, deve ter algo realmente errado nessa vida boa! Segue-se uma sequência de charadas, com assassinatos, perseguições, uma instituição para órfãos, conflitos, tudo para tirar o tédio da vida de Ridley. É uma história interessante, mas pouco crível quando traduzida para a vida real