There was much to enjoy here, but I found I couldn't connect with it. I'd read more from this author in the future though.

very interestingly written memoir that makes the reader think and question and try to understand just as the author herself.
Its an interesting way to write a memoir and not for everyone since it is not the easiest book to read but i found it very interesting and defiantly a book that i won't forget quickly!

Blown Away.

A Book of Untruths is a candid, sometimes emotionally draining, rationalization of a bewildering and brutal childhood. Each short chapter features one of these lies and each lie forms the basis of her life: “Faced with unreliable memories, self-deceit, some lies…”Miranda Doyle looks to verify what is true and what is mismanaged memory – a reflection on time, memory and identity that raises questions you may find yourself wanting to answer about your own life.

Although this book is a personal telling of her own experience it reads like a hybrid of first person narration with omniscient narration as she pieces together the lies to connect the relationship between them and that of her family. It is this easier style of narration that keeps you going through the tough times. It is not a victim’s memoir; it is a book about love, family and marriage. It is about the fallibility of human beings and the terrible things we do to one another (and she even offers philosophical and psychological insight into those behaviours) , and how those actions affect those we love in many different ways. It is about the ways we get at (or avoid) the truth. And it is about storytelling itself: how we build a sense of ourselves and our place in the world - how our lives become stories.

A very intelligent book.

This is a family story told through a series of lies. Written in small chapters it features one of these lies and builds it to form a picture of Miranda Doyle's life. A book about love, family and marriage.

I liked this original memoir. It's well written and thought out. I got caught up in this book very quickly and finished it in a few hours. Loved it.

I would like to thank NetGalley, Faber and Faber and the author Miranda Doyle for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I raced through this book, it had just the right balance of memoir and research. The author's life itself is really interesting but she adds to this by posing thought provoking questions and following interesting research questions around the subject of unreliable memories, lies, family dynamics, adoption, marital difficulties, and relationships. I would highly recommend this book to all who are interested in self-knowledge, and self-growth.