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Authors: Kristina Riggle

BOOK: Real Life & Liars

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About the Author

KRISTINA RIGGLE
lives and writes in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with her husband, two kids, and dog. She’s a freelance journalist, published short story writer, and co-editor for fiction at the e-zine
Literary Mama.
Though she doesn’t live at the shore, Lake Michigan makes her heart happy whenever she can get there.

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Praise
for
Real Life & Liars

“With ease and grace, Riggle walks the fine line between sentimentality and comedy, and she has a sure hand in creating fun, quirky characters.”

—Publishers Weekly

“This book has heart…Kristina Riggle gets it exactly right in this wonderful and heartwarming debut.”

—Becky Motew, author of
Coupon Girl

“She made me care about her characters—and what a wide-ranging cast of characters they are! A must-read for summer 2009.”

—Lauren Baratz-Logsted, author of
Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes

“Kristina Riggle’s moving and well-executed novel also embraces human fraility and serves up family complexities like a celebration buffet.”

—Eliza Graham, author of
Restitution
and
Playing with the Moon

“A beautiful exploration of the intricacies that draw families together even while pulling them apart…. (The) eloquent prose will have readers demanding more, and quickly, from this confident new author.
Real Life & Liars
is a must read.”

—Kristy Kiernan, author of
Catching Genius
and
Matters of Faith

“
Real Life & Liars
is a deeply felt novel that draws a vivid portrait of a family in transition, and examines the very real fear of leaving behind all you hold dear.”

—Maggie Dana, author of
Beachcombing

“A poignant tale of a family made up of real and flawed characters, which reveals the tangled ties that connect generations and siblings. A deeply moving novel, written with sensitivity.”

—Carrie Kabak, author of
Cover the Butter
and
For Keeps

“These characters live and breathe, making you feel as wicked as if you’d reached through Mirabelle’s window, peeled back the dusty curtain, and had a good spy.”

—Tish Cohen, author of
Inside Out Girl

By Kristina Riggle

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Credits

Cover design by Mary McAdam Keane

Cover photograph by Richard Drury / Getty Images

Copyright

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

REAL LIFE & LIARS
. Copyright © 2009 by Kristina Ringstrom. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

Adobe Digital Edition May 2009 ISBN 978-0-06-188679-9

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