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Lie with Me

By: Philippe Besson, Molly Ringwald
Narrated by: Jacques Roy
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The number one French best seller and winner of the Maison De La Presse Prize

Just outside a hotel in Bordeaux, Philippe, a famous writer chances upon a young man who bears a striking resemblance to his first love. What follows is a look back to Philippe's teenage years, to a winter morning in 1984, a small French high school, and a carefully timed encounter between two 17-year-olds. It's the start of a secret, intensely passionate, world-altering love affair between Philippe and his classmate, Thomas.

Dazzlingly rendered by Molly Ringwald, the acclaimed actor and writer, in her first-ever translation, Besson's exquisitely moving coming-of-age story captures the tenderness of first love - and the heartbreaking passage of time.

©2019 Philippe Besson and Molly Ringwald (P)2019 Penguin Audio Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Romance Small Town & Rural

Critic Reviews

"Stunning and heart-gripping." (André Aciman, author of Call Me by Your Name)

"A beautiful, shattering novel about desire and shame, about passionate youth and the regrets of age." (Olivia Laing, best selling author of Crudo and The Lonely City)

"It has been years since anything moved me as much as Lie With Me. It will become a classic." (Jonathan Coe, best selling author of Middle England)
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