Nancy Bo Flood lives on the Navajo Reservation where she writes, hikes, and attends local rodeos. 2016 is my fifth year of writing a poem a day. She belongs to the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers, and Writers Forum of Redding CA. We Were Liars provides a tale of love and mystery but the ramifications of privilege will stay with you long after that second reading.Īuthor/illustrator/storyteller/recovering-teacher/poet, Linda Boyden has written six and illustrated five picture books, The Blue Roses, Powwow’s Coming, Giveaways: An ABC Book of Loanwords from the Americas, Boy and Poi Poi Puppy, Roxy Reindeer, and Boy and Poi Poi Puppy in Doggone! She has had many poems published in various literary journals. The true genius of Lockhart’s plotting comes with the second reading, when we see that the clues were there, just below the surface of the placid island waters.” Spectacular plotting and character delineation build to an ending that will hit readers like a tidal wave…This is a love story as much as it is a psychological mystery. Lockhart’s latest novel will blow readers away. Readers will find themselves looking at the world from inside privilege and wealth but will discover these trappings are earned through the mystery of an earlier, shocking tragedy. This 17th summer will reveal the depth of this love even as it unravels the family’s perfect appearance.Īs Cadence recovers bit of memory about the accident, she also reveal secrets, lies and guilt. But Cadence has fallen in love with outsider Gat, an Indian boy and nephew of an aunt’s boyfriend. After all, she has inherited the looks, wealth and history of the Sinclairs which she shares with cousins equally as distinguished. A third generation Sinclair, Cadence recognizes the importance of maintaining appearance for this patriarchal family.
The novel opens with Cadence, who suffers debilitating migraines after a “summer 15” accident she can’t recall, returning to the island of Beechwood for her 17 th summer.
This achingly lovely novel unveils a life of privilege and its inherent loss through events that occur during Cadence Sinclair Eastman’s summers on her family’s private island.
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