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Would I Lie to You?

By: Aliya Ali-Afzal
Narrated by: Aysha Kala
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Faiza has always wanted to fit in. She has her banker husband, three beautiful children and gorgeous house in a sought-after corner of London, but behind the expensive clothes, make-up and furniture lies a big secret. Faiza has been dipping into the family savings account in her attempt to belong, promising herself that one day she'll put the money back. Now Faiza has six weeks to put it all back before her husband or her friends notice she is penniless. And as the clock ticks down, a different Faiza emerges: one who will learn things about her family, her identity, her hopes and desires that she never knew before.

©2021 Aliya Ali-Afzal (P)2021 Head of Zeus Family Life Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Multicultural Romantic Comedy Women's Fiction Fiction Comedy
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I really enjoyed the story & the narrator too was excellent.
I Would recommend.
Would look for author & narrator in future choices.

Loved it

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Adored everything about this book. Following Faiza's attempts to untangle a web of lies only to add more knots was addictive. Inhaled it as fast as I could.

Totally Addictive

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Faiza's husband Tom has just been made redundant from his high flying banking job in the City, but he's not too worried as they have a £75K emergency fund to live off while he looks for another job. What he doesn't know is that Faiza has frittered away every penny in her quest to keep up and fit in with (as the only woman of colour) the uber-rich yummy mummies of affluent Wimbledon Village.

This well-paced and expertly plotted novel follows Faiza as she tries to get the family finances back on track while also covering up her financial indiscretions from Tom, trapping herself in an ever increasing spiral of lies.

Faiza, who is rich, privileged and entirely the author of her own misfortune, could be a difficult character to like, but Aliya Ali-Afzal does a great job with the characterisation, so that I rooted for her despite her flaws. Tom was also a well-drawn, sympathetic character who I cared about.

A real strength of this novel was the depiction of some serious issues - the microaggressions Faiza has to contend with from some of the white mothers in her social circle, the challenges of an interracial marriage and raising biracial children, sexual harassment, mental health and suicide - which were expertly woven into the broader plot so they never felt preachy or tacked on, but added extra layers of depth to what could have been, in less skilled hands, a shallow story about shallow people.

Excellently narrated by Aysha Kala.

Well-paced & expertly plotted.

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Wonderful story so sweet and exiting and at the same time it was like looking at a horror movie where you can’t stand to watch how all goes wrong. Describes the peer pressure between rich and poor and also race issiues

So aw inspiring writing

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I thought this was a really good modern story, a real insight into modern dilemmas, and the devastation of money worries. A me too story, with a positive ending. A real page turner too, and great characters and plot lines. Bravo.

A modern morality tale

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