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Colorful, Emotionally Moving Debut Reveals a Family Searching for Truth, Fighting for Happiness
“With ease and grace, Riggle walks the fine line between sentimentality and comedy, and she has a sure hand in creating fun, quirky characters” --Publisher’s Weekly
Kristina Riggle’s forthcoming Real Life & Liars (to be published by Avon A, an imprint of HarperCollins, on June 16th 2009, ISBN # 9780061706288, $13.99) is poised to be the breakout debut novel of the summer. Her compelling recount of a family in the midst of change is strikingly believable and heartbreakingly relatable.
Real Life & Liars focuses on the tumultuous events of one stormy weekend. Mirabelle Zielinski is a fading flower child keeping a secret from her grown children. Now, as they gather together to celebrate their parents’ 35th wedding anniversary, everything they ever believed about their family is going to change.
For the Zielinski children, happiness always seems to be one step away. The oldest daughter, Katya, is Type A personality with a picture-perfect family and successful business. But unbeknownst to everyone, she suspects her husband is having an affair, and she’s completely lost control of her spoiled children.
Middle child Ivan, constantly chases unattainable women that walk all over him. He’s an incredibly gifted song-writer, but has yet to work up the courage to show his talent to the world.
The youngest “surprise” child, Irina, is a 21-year-old beauty who has always lived life on a whim. But she suddenly finds herself tied down--arriving home pregnant, and with an African American husband nearly twice her age.
Told from four different viewpoints, readers will be swept into the whirlwind of overlapping realizations as love is found, hearts are broken, and secrets are revealed.
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