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THE COMFORT OF LIES

Randy Susan Meyers

THE COMFORT OF LIES is the story of three mothers connected by one five-year-old girl.

Five years ago Tia got pregnant. Her married lover pressed for abortion, but she gave up the baby in an identified adoption. Now, each March an envelope of photographs arrives, pictures she treasures and dreads. Tia’s work with needy elderly clients and nights spent drinking increase her fervor to connect with her daughter and lost lover. Five years before, Juliette considered her life ideal: She loved her husband and sons with uncritical intensity; her organic skin care business thrived. Then she found out about her husband’s affair. He’d promised he’d never stray again and she believed him. But Juliette never knew about the baby. When she finds out about the girl, she can’t imagine how he ever denied his child. She doesn’t know how to keep her family intact, or if she can trust and respect her husband again, neither does she know how to fall out of love with him. Five years earlier, Caroline, a dedicated research pathologist adopted a child to please her husband, despite her reluctance to be a mother. Now she finds herself leaving the hospital later each night. When she learns the truth behind her child’s birth—having been told the father was unknown—Caroline questions if she’s the right one to raise this girl, putting her marriage, family, and belief in herself at risk.

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Book Published 2013-02-01 by Atria

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“Insightful, unsettling, and ultimately hopeful, The Comfort of Lies is a compelling, multilayered story. Randy Susan Meyers skillfully exposes the insecurities and strengths of three women who find their lives forever reshaped in the far-reaching wake of a little girl’s adoption.”

“Randy Susan Meyers plumbs the depth and intricacy of human entanglements, exploring them with a clear eye and compassion for each of her insightfully rendered characters. The Comfort of Lies is a riveting page-turner, conjuring the ways in which we compete with, lay claim to and ultimately love one another.”

“The Comfort of Lies explores a complex and beautiful web of relationships between three very different women whose lives intersect in startling and heartrending ways. This is my favorite kind of read: a page-turner soaked in empathy with an elegant understanding of the human heart. Randy Susan Meyers is a first rate talent.”

“A roller-coaster of a ride through the world of infidelity, unwed motherhood, and adoption. Randy Susan Meyers’ The Comfort of Lies deftly explores the importance of trust, and the power of love. ”

"The Comfort of Lies, Randy Susan Meyers' thoughtful, gripping new novel, explores the unlikely intersection of three women in crisis. The result is a haunting exploration of the secrets we keep - and how, in the aftermath of their detonation, shattered lives can be mended. Meyers is a major talent, and her writing is a gift to readers everywhere."

“The intertwining and heart wrenching stories of how three women come to terms with the decisions they’ve made and those yet to make will touch you and stay with you long after you’ve turned the last page. Beautifully written. Strong characters. The Comfort of Lies is a powerful, poignant and riveting novel.”

“Randy Susan Meyers' must-read new novel The Comfort of Lies resonates with vibrations of love in forms as varied as a symphony: the discordant notes of jealousy, the sweet harmony of soulmates connecting, the high notes of sacrifice and forgiveness—all underscored by the sweeping passion of mother love that is embedded in its heart's core.”

“A fast-paced multi-narrator story that gets to the heart of the trade-offs of motherhood. You will be drawn in by these characters because of the mystery at the novel's center and relate to the ways in which they each create their own loneliness while surrounded by others.”

I could not put this book down and thought this was a perfect book for anyone that loves contemporary fiction. Their is mystery, drama, and such an authentic realness, that it almost read like a non-fiction book. It is easily the best book for me of 2012…although it won’t be available until February 2013. Read more...

“A novel about love, that explores its meaning with wise restlessness and no easy answers. Profound, clear-sighted and more than a bit slyly funny, this is a book to read, to reread and to share.”

“With warmth, you-are-there immediacy and impressive insight, Randy Susan Meyers explores both the destructive nature of lies and the redeeming power of hard truths. Every page in this multilayered novel of separate yet entangled lives not only illustrates the accommodations we make for love but also illuminates what it means to be a family. This book is an enormous accomplishment!”

"A tender, yet sharp portrayal of the messy way three women stumble into each others’ worlds, Meyers explores the lies we tell each other, and maybe more importantly, the ones we tell ourselves. A whip-smart observation of the definition of family and ultimately, what it means to love."

“I spent many blissful, addicted hours with The Comfort of Lies, totally hooked on needing to know what happened next in the braided stories of Tia, Caroline and Juliette. Meyers has an uncanny ability to get inside women whose circumstances dramatically divide them and show how at heart, we're all the same. Another unforgettable Meyers smash-hit.”

Meyers has crafted an absorbing and layered drama that explores the complexities of infidelity, forgiveness, and family.

“I devoured this book. Randy Susan Meyers writes with great empathy and insight about three distinct women and the unlikely intersection of their lives. The story will pull you into the uncomfortable space where truths are confronted, and lead you to the other side where the world looks brighter. A sensitive exploration of why we take refuge in the comfort of lies, and what happens when we dare to release ourselves from their power.”