To Be Honest

A memoir of “great wit and irony” about growing up in a family fanatically devoted to honesty, and navigating what came next ( Publishers Weekly , starred review). If you’re like most people, you probably lied today. It may have been a small one, some insignificant falsehood meant to protect someone’s feelings or guard your true thoughts. Now imagine if your parents ingrained in you a compulsion to never, under any circumstances, withhold the truth or fail to speak your mind. It might be wonderf