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Author Robert-Diard, Pascale, author.

Title The little liar / Pascale Robert-Diard ; translated from the French by Adriana Hunter.

Publication Info. New York : Other Press, 2024.
©2024

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 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  F-ROBERT-DIARD    Check Shelf
Description 167 pages ; 21 cm
Note "Originally published in French as La petite menteuse in 2022 by L'Iconoclaste, Paris"--Title page verso.
Summary "This sharp, compelling legal drama from an acclaimed French journalist explores why a teenage victim lied about her rape and how the disadvantaged become scapegoats. At 15, Lisa was a typical teenager, at times rebellious and impulsive, adjusting to newfound attention from boys and men. But when her demeanor takes a sudden turn, her teachers suspect something worse than adolescent moodiness. Lisa eventually confesses that she's been abused, multiple times, and suspicion quickly falls on Marco, a worker who had done projects at her parents' house. With his troubled history of drinking, unemployment, and casual sex, he's sentenced without hesitation to 10 years in prison. While others consider the matter settled and want to move on, guilt eats away at Lisa. No longer a minor, she drops her family's hotshot Parisian lawyer ahead of the appeal hearing and makes a surprise visit to the office of a local attorney, Alice. Unassuming yet dogged in seeking justice, Alice agrees to represent her, and bring to light the painful truths obscured by Lisa's past lies. Drawing on years of experience covering trials, Pascale Robert-Diard combines keen insight and a vivid, powerful writing style in this story at the intersection of the #MeToo movement and class inequality"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Sexually abused teenagers -- Fiction.
Rape victims -- Fiction.
Criminal procedure -- Fiction.
Women lawyers -- Fiction.
Genre/Form Legal fiction (Literature) (OCoLC)fst01921711
Novels. (OCoLC)fst01921742
Legal fiction (Literature)
Novels.
Added Author Hunter, Adriana, translator.
Added Title Petite menteuse. English
Other Form: Online version: Robert-Diard, Pascale. Little liar New York : Other Press, 2024 9781635424171 (DLC) 2023033914
ISBN 9781635424164 (paperback ; acid-free paper)
163542416X
9781635424171 (ebook)
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