Book News: Little White Lies by Lesley Lokko.

Little White Lies by Lesley Lokko. 

Orion Books. 

Published – May 2013. 

In a gorgeous beachfront mansion in Martha’s Vineyard, Annick and Rebecca have left their young children in the care of their life-long friend Tash. Tash has made millions from her fashion business and treating her friends to a luxury holiday makes all the hard work worthwhile. But by the end of the afternoon, one of the children will have vanished.As the daughter of an iconic actress and an assassinated president, Annick has spent a lifetime running from the truth of her family’s wealth. For her, Rebecca and Tash have always felt more like family than friends. But can she truly trust them with the secret of her past? Rebecca, the dutiful daughter of a financial dynasty, has always done the right thing. And when the pressure of pleasing her parents gives way to the pressure of being a model wife and mother, she begins to wonder if she’ll ever have the chance, or the courage, to please herself. And Tash, who’s worked so hard to escape the poverty of her mother’s Russian roots, now has the world at her feet.But despite her millionaire lifestyle – the business, the houses, the holidays – why is she struggling to keep a grip on her life? Money, it would seem, isn’t the answer to everything.

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