The Past and Other Lies

A psychologically suspenseful novel of three generations of sisters: "An edgy story . . .Joel has a wicked sense of humor." —The Age (Australia).

In a novel that ranges through the decades of the twentieth century, we meet sisters Jennifer and Charlotte, who share both a dark sense of humor and a dark secret; their mother and aunt, who grew up during World War II and endured the bombing of London; and the generation before them—Bertha and Jemima—whose lives took a dramatic and deadly turn d...