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A review by thereadingspoonie
Would I Lie To You? by Aliya Ali-Afzal
4.0
This book was absolutely fab! I was lucky enough to win a beautiful hardback copy in a giveaway by the author so I couldn't be more grateful to @aliyaaliafzalauthor! I actually entered the giveaway because of @reemareads and her rave review about this book and I was not disappointed. It was funny, relatable, frustrating and heartwrenching in places. I adored the character of Faiza even though at times I wanted to shake the woman as she made stupid decisions. This book is an own voices and the representation was so good, I have never read a book like it and I devoured it.
At the school gates, Faiza fits in. It took a few years, but now the snobbish mothers who mistook her for the nanny treat her as one of their own.You'd never guess, at the glamorous kids parties and the leisurely coffee mornings, that Faiza's childhood was spent following her parents round the Tooting Cash 'n' Carry.
When her husband Tom loses his job in finance, he stays calm. After all, they can live off their savings. But Faiza starts to unravel. Raising the perfect family comes at a cost and the money Tom put aside has gone. When's Tom's redundancy package ends, Faiza will have to tell him she's spent it all. Unless she doesn't. It only takes a second to lie to Tom. Now Faiza has six weeks to find £75,000 before her lie spirals out of control. But as the clock ticks down, and Faiza desperately tries to put things right, she has to ask herself: how much more should she sacrifice to protect her family?
This book is so original and it was such an escapist read! It's real and raw and poignant but funny and warm and so so clever! I highly recommend it and can't wait for the authors next book!
At the school gates, Faiza fits in. It took a few years, but now the snobbish mothers who mistook her for the nanny treat her as one of their own.You'd never guess, at the glamorous kids parties and the leisurely coffee mornings, that Faiza's childhood was spent following her parents round the Tooting Cash 'n' Carry.
When her husband Tom loses his job in finance, he stays calm. After all, they can live off their savings. But Faiza starts to unravel. Raising the perfect family comes at a cost and the money Tom put aside has gone. When's Tom's redundancy package ends, Faiza will have to tell him she's spent it all. Unless she doesn't. It only takes a second to lie to Tom. Now Faiza has six weeks to find £75,000 before her lie spirals out of control. But as the clock ticks down, and Faiza desperately tries to put things right, she has to ask herself: how much more should she sacrifice to protect her family?
This book is so original and it was such an escapist read! It's real and raw and poignant but funny and warm and so so clever! I highly recommend it and can't wait for the authors next book!