The White Lie [electronic resource]
Gillies, Andrea2012
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A stunning debut novel from the winner of the Orwell Prize 2010 and the inaugural Wellcome Trust Book Prize 2009 On a hot summer's afternoon, Ursula Salter runs sobbing from the loch on her parents' Scottish estate and confesses, distraught, that she has killed Michael, her 19 year old nephew. But what really happened? No body can be found, and Ursula's story is full of contradictions. In order to protect her, the Salters come up with another version of events, a decision that some of them will come to regret. Years later, at a family gathering, a witness speaks up and the web of deceit begins to unravel. What is the white lie? Only one person knows the whole truth. Narrating from beyond the grave, Michael takes us to key moments in the past, looping back and back until - finally - we see what he sees.
Main title:
The White Lie [electronic resource] / Andrea Gillies
Author:
Gillies, Andrea, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Short Books, 2012
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Andrea Gillies lives in St Andrews with her family and is now writing a novel. Keeper won the inaugural Wellcome Trust Book Prize 2009 - an award set up to honour science writing in popular literature.
ISBN:
9781780720524
Language:
English
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BRN:
2762251
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