The YA genre centers around coming of age, emerging sexuality and independence from the family of origin, usually written in an immediate style that centers and respects young people’s experience. What is the fine line and how did this happen? Did you discover adults were responding to a teen book or the other way around? This book is listed between teen fiction and adult. I hope to take readers on an emotional journey that’s full of surprises! She and her sisters find their lives upended when a literal boatload of cute boys arrives to stay the summer. Lockhart: ‘ Family of Liars’ is a psychological thriller about a young woman whose family spends every summer on a windswept private island off the coast of Massachusetts. LEO: Talk a bit about the new book and how this will hopefully change the readers in some way or as you said in the release provide a “catharsis.” See what she has to say before this week’s event. LEO caught up with Lockhart for a brief Q&A. I hope I’ve delivered an experience that will be surprising and new, while still returning people to the beauty and horror of Beechwood Island.”

“With ‘Family Of Liars,” I wanted to create an emotional catharsis and leave my audience shaken - but I knew I needed to do it in a very different way than I had in the first book. “Reader response to ‘We Were Liars’ has been incredible and moving,” says Lockhart. Who will crack under the pressure, and who will forever uphold the family’s rules, keeping secrets no matter the damage? When tragedy upends what was meant to be a summer of fun, laughter and first love, the bonds of family are tested. They do not falter, they do not doubt, they do not grieve - even when they lose one of their own. “Family of Liars” centers around the Liars’ mothers as they spend one notable summer on the island as teenagers, and we see what it really means to be a Sinclair. The Author of “We Were Liars” will revisit the tale of her Sinclair family and discuss the new book, “Family of Liars,” a continuation of their story in another generation. Meet the author on June 10 at her Carmichael’s Kids appearance at the Louisville Free Public Library.

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