This from the lovely and talented Adrienne Kress, author of Alex and the Ironic Gentleman and Timothy and the Dragon's Gate:LITTLE
BLACK LIES is a funny, poignant tale of high school intrigue taken to the nth
degree (and occasionally times Pi). With effortless panache, Tish Cohen
creates the ultimate private school story. All the usual suspects are
there: the new kid, the popular girl, the unattainable boy . . . but she gives
each a unique and unexpected twist. Nor is this book all light and
escapist fluff. Cohen tackles such complex issues as Obsessive Compulsive
Disorder, divorce, and the insane pressures put on students in gifted programs,
and she does it with such a deft touch that the book never feels heavy-handed
or veers into movie of the week sentimentality. LITTLE BLACK LIES might
be about deception, but it is a brutally honest book with a fabulous sense of
humour that keeps you turning the pages right until the very end. In
other words:
(wicked sense
of humour) + (awesome characters)(searingly astute observations) - sentiment =
(one great read)
