Michelle Hébert |
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A courageous, often darkly humorous, and redemptive memoir of identity, resilience, and dissociative PTSD, for readers of Gisèle Pelicot, Sarah Polley, and Stephanie Foo.
A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO LYING is a masterful exploration of the ways in which misogyny steals women's lives, and a compelling testament to the lengths our brains will go to protect us when the world won't.
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On paper, Michelle Hébert was a successful, high-functioning woman. A former social worker turned government executive, a mother of two, a wife, a published author. But there was a secret about her that nobody knew—one that her own brain was trying to keep from her. One that raised questions she couldn't answer.
Why couldn't she remember anything from before the summer she was 20?
Why couldn't she recognize herself in mirrors?
Why did her mind disconnect from her body for long periods, leaving her to deal with decisions she made while dissociated—like finding herself walking down the aisle at a wedding she didn't remember planning?
A mystery disguised as a memoir, this deeply layered story of complex trauma takes readers on one woman's search for decades of memories lost. Gaslighted by misogyny and a broken health-care system, and forced to reinvent herself over and over again, Michelle must piece together the fragments of her past before she loses her future altogether. A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO LYING asks readers to question whose stories we silence, and whether it's ever too late to become who you really are.
Praise for A Good Girl's Guide to Lying
“A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO LYING is a masterful telling of a devastating truth, but also a testament to the strength of women in a world that consistently seeks to silence us. Layered, brilliant, and powerful, Hébert will break your heart and bind it back together with the strength of her courage.”
–Kelly S. Thompson, national bestselling memoirist of Still, I Cannot Save You and Girls Need Not Apply
“Brilliant, harrowing, and unlike any book I've read before, Hébert's story is a gift for all survivors and the people who love them. A triumph.”
– Joanne Gallant, award-winning author of A Womb in the Shape of a Heart
“As she pursues answers to the mystery of her missing memories, this is Hébert’s primer for how to be your own hero when no one else steps up.”
–Pauline Dakin, award-winning author of Run, Hide, Repeat: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood
Fiction by Michelle Hébert
A darkly humorous family saga woven around tarot cards and a mixtape of ’80s songs, EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC explores how we try to control the things that are beyond our control...whether it's the threat of nuclear war, challenging family relationships, or our ability to protect the people we love.
A Toronto Star Top 20 Fiction of Summer &
a 49thshelf.com Book of the Year.
“Michelle Hébert’s debut novel is a beautifully crafted coming-of-age story about a young woman’s journey towards the acceptance of her family, with a focus on trust and love and a surprising narrative twist that is skillfully woven into the story.”
–ATLANTIC BOOKS TODAY
"The characters are gorgeous weirdos with strange nicknames who get under your skin with their realness. Underneath it all is a strong message--sometimes you just have to lean into grief to be able to let some of it go."
- THE MIRAMICHI READER