{"product_id":"we-were-liars-isbn-9780385741279","title":"We Were Liars","description":"\u003cb\u003eDON'T MISS THE ORIGINAL STREAMING SERIES\u003ci\u003e WE WERE LIARS\u003c\/i\u003e—AND LOOK FOR E. LOCKHART’S NEW NOVEL IN THE WE WERE LIARS UNIVERSE, \u003ci\u003eWE FELL APART\u003c\/i\u003e, OUT NOW!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER • #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe modern, sophisticated suspense novel that became a runaway smash hit on TikTok and introduced the world to a family hiding a jaw-dropping secret.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thrilling, beautiful, and blisteringly smart, \u003ci\u003eWe Were Liars\u003c\/i\u003e is utterly unforgettable.\" —John Green, #1\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fault in Our Stars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eA beautiful and distinguished family.\u003cbr\u003eA private island.\u003cbr\u003eA brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.\u003cbr\u003eA group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.\u003cbr\u003eA revolution. An accident. A secret.\u003cbr\u003eLies upon lies.\u003cbr\u003eTrue love.\u003cbr\u003eThe truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRead it.\u003cbr\u003eAnd if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDon’t miss any of the We Were Liars novels\u003cbr\u003eWE WERE LIARS • FAMILY OF LIARS • WE FELL APART\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Sometimes a book is a book and sometimes a book is a phenomenon. E. Lockhart’s 2014 Y.A. psychological thriller \u003ci\u003eWe Were Liars\u003c\/i\u003e is, without a doubt, a phenomenon. . . . The prequel aims to stand on its own, and technically it does; you don’t need to have read the earlier book to \u003ci\u003eunderstand\u003c\/i\u003e this new one. But for the greatest \u003ci\u003eenjoyment\u003c\/i\u003e of \u003ci\u003eFamily of Liars\u003c\/i\u003e, read \u003ci\u003eWe Were Liars\u003c\/i\u003e first.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times,\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eFamily of Liars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You’re going to want to remember the title.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiars\u003c\/i\u003e details the summers of a girl who harbors a dark secret, and delivers a satisfying, but shocking twist ending.\" —\u003cb\u003eBreia Brissey, \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This mindblowing YA thriller from E. Lockhart will make you glad you're the 99 percent...And that's about all we can tell you when it comes to the story of 'We Were Liars,' the book by E. Lockhart that everyone will be reading, and re-reading, this summer. It's twisty, it's mysterious, and it's got a surprise ending that'll knock your socks off.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Kat Rosenfield, \u003ci\u003eMTV News\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Surprising, thrilling, and beautifully executed in spare, precise, and lyrical prose, Lockhart spins a tragic family drama, the roots of which go back generations. And the ending? Shhhh. Not telling. (But it’s a doozy)...This is poised to be big.\" —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lockhart has created a mystery with an ending most readers won’t see coming, one so horrific it will prompt some to return immediately to page one to figure out how they missed it. At the center of it is a girl who learns the hardest way of all what family means, and what it means to lose the one that really mattered to you.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Riveting, brutal and beautifully told.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The ending is a stunner that  will haunt readers for a long time to come.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A taut psychological mystery marked by an air of uneasy disorientation...The ultimate reveal is shocking both for its tragedy and for the \u003ci\u003ehow-could-I-have-not-suspected-that? \u003c\/i\u003efeeling it leaves us with. But we didn’t, which is Lockhart’s commendable triumph.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is a love story as much as it is a psychological mystery…Astonishing.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[a] haunting, sophisticated mystery...a novel so twisty and well-told that it will appeal to older readers as well as to adolescents.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Irresistible premise for this ticking time bomb of a novel.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A Lockhart YA is always a treat and this is no exception...The glimpse we get into a life of privilege, a lifestyle most of us can only imagine, is insightful and thrilling. The ending will shock the mose jaded of readers, we promise!\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRT Book Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There's trouble in paradise at the opening of National Book Award finalist and Printz honoree E. Lockhart's shattering yet ultimately hopeful YA novel . . . and neither family nor reader will ever be the same.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It's a nearly perfect story, and it's utterly absorbing.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBustle,  \u003c\/i\u003eA YA \u003cb\u003eBest\u003c\/b\u003e Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No book on this summer's reading list will have readers immobilized in their hammocks more than E. Lockhart's \u003ci\u003eWe Were Liars\u003c\/i\u003e..... This book has that surprise quality--like Elizabeth Wein's \u003ci\u003eCode Name Verity\u003c\/i\u003e--that makes readers scramble back through hungrily devoured chapters and wonder in admiration: \u003ci\u003eCould I have seen this coming? Did I miss any clues\u003c\/i\u003e?\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Like a shard of glass, WE WERE LIARS glitters and shines, then cuts deep. E. Lockhart has truly outdone herself with this masterful, darkly mesmerizing portrait of a fractured family ruined by the excess of wealth. Humming with rich descriptions and razor-sharp intelligence, the story of Cadence Sinclair Eastman will both inspire and haunt readers for years to come.\" —\u003cb\u003eSarah Pitre, \u003ci\u003eForever Young Adult\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Perception often is not reality -- and it certainly is not in WE WERE LIARS. This is a look at what “a perfect world” looks like on the inside and how it unravels once one of the players sees it for what it is. Pitch perfect in both plotting and character development.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Carol Fitzgerald,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBook Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The must-read contemporary novel so far this year is definitely E. Lockhart’s stellar \u003ci\u003eWe Were Liars\u003c\/i\u003e, a rich, stunning summer mystery with a sharp twist that will leaving you dying to talk about the book with a pal or ten.\" —\u003cb\u003eSonia Charaipotra, \u003ci\u003eParade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A haunting tale about how families live within their own mythologies. Sad, wonderful, and real.\" —\u003cb\u003eScott Westerfeld, author of \u003ci\u003eUglies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I've fallen in love with every E. Lockhart book I've ever read (and I've read them all), but We Were Liars blows them all out of the water. Dark, gripping, heartrending, and terrifyingly smart, this book grabs you from the first page--and will never let go.\" —\u003cb\u003e Robin Wasserman, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Waking Dark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Spectacular.\" —\u003cb\u003eLauren Myracle, author of \u003ci\u003eShine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Infinite Moment of Us\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTTYL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A haunting, brilliant, beautiful book. This is E. Lockhart at her mind-blowing best.\" —\u003cb\u003e Sarah Mlynowski, author of \u003ci\u003eDon't Even Think About It\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGimme a Call\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Stunningly sharp. . . . will sear itself into your memory.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A haunting psychological thriller.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"The mystery driving the plot is a shocking punch in the face that will stay with you long after you finish.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHypable Online Hypable-Weekend Reading\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“There’s no preparing for the shocker of an ending.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSLJ\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWe Were Liars\u003c\/i\u003e is amazing. I felt run over by it . . . .Emily has done something incredible here. —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul O. Zelinsky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eE. Lockhart\u003c\/b\u003e is the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the LIARS novels: \u003ci\u003eWe Were Liars\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFamily of Liars\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWe Fell Apart\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eWe Were Liars\u003c\/i\u003e is also an original series on Prime Video. Her other books include \u003ci\u003eAgain Again\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGenuine Fraud\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the National Book Award and an honoree for the Printz Award. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.Welcome to the beautiful Sinclair family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e No one is a criminal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e No one is an addict.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e No one is a failure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Sinclairs are athletic, tall, and handsome. We are old-money Democrats. Our smiles are wide, our chins square, and our tennis serves aggressive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It doesn't matter if divorce shreds the muscles of our hearts so that they will hardly beat without a struggle. It doesn't matter if trust-fund money is running out; if credit card bills go unpaid on the kitchen counter. 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