The Liars Daughter, Megan Cooley Peterson
The Liars Daughter, Megan Cooley Peterson
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The Liar's Daughter

Author: Megan Cooley Peterson

Narrator: Melissa Moran

Unabridged: 7 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/10/2019

Synopsis

Piper was raised in a cult. She just doesn’t know it.Seventeen-year-old Piper knows that Father is a Prophet. Infallible. The chosen one.She would do anything for Father. That’s why she takes care of all her little sisters. That’s why she runs end-of-the-world drills. That’s why she never asks questions. Because Father knows best.Until the day he doesn’t. Until the day the government raids the compound and separates Piper from her siblings, from Mother, from the Aunts, from all of Father’s followers—even from Caspian, the boy she loves.Now Piper is living Outside. Among Them.With a woman They claim is her real mother—a woman They say Father stole her from.But Piper knows better. And Piper is going to escape.

About Megan Cooley Peterson

Megan Cooley Peterson is an author, editor, and coffee drinker. As a teenager, Megan was part of a repressive, cult-like doomsday church that didn’t like to be questioned. She questioned anyway. The author of more than eighty nonfiction books for children, she has written on a wide variety of topics, including dinosaurs, sharks, urban legends, and haunted objects. This is her first YA novel. She lives in Minnesota with her husband and daughter.

About Melissa Moran

Melissa Moran is an accomplished radio personality who has won both a CMA (Country Music Association) and ACM (Academy of Country Music) award in broadcasting. In addition to commercial voice-over work, theater and on-camera roles, and improvisational comedy, Melissa has narrated over seventy audiobooks in many different genres. Originally from Massachusetts, Melissa traded in her winter coat for flip flops and now resides in sunny Florida.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lit with Leigh

writing: ok | plot: i am a hoe for cults | ending: try again pls my opinion Tysm Karly for putting this on my radar again. I've wanted to read this book for YEARS but it wasn't available in my region so it slid out of my limited memory space. Anyways. I'm glad I read it even if it was just me......more

Goodreads review by PinkAmy loves books, cats and naps

5 SPECTACULAR STARS Piper doesn’t realize she’s living in a cult. When she and the other children are rescued, she longs to return to Mother and Father. Told in Before and After sections, Piper’s last days in the cult and her first days afterward tell the story of THE LIAR’S DAUGHTER. Megan Cooley Pe......more

Goodreads review by JenacideByBibliophile

Disclaimer: This book was sent to me by the publisher, Holiday House Publishing, Inc., via Edelweiss+ for an honest review. “The window is no more than two feet wide and maybe half a foot tall. I can't squeeze through it. It's meant to let in sunlight, not hope.” This is the story of a girls path......more

Quotes

“Peterson weaves a lush novel full of cryptic scenes divided into ‘before’ chapters showing Piper’s life in the cult and ‘after,’ when she is set free, which readers fit together for a thrilling ending…An intriguing look at a young woman adjusting to life outside a cult.” Kirkus Reviews

“Full of twists, turns, and emotional gut punches that will leave readers racing to the end…If you like psychological thrillers, Peterson’s book needs to be on your list.” Eileen Cook, the author of You Owe Me a Murder and With Malice

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