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"Relationship drama with a side mystery"

In Cincinnati, Ohio, drama teacher Dair Canard's philosophy of life is simple. A well-designed exciting lie is more fun to tell than the boring truth. That technique combined with adding kernels of truth within the fabrication has enabled her since childhood to refine her fabricating methodology to the point where she sometimes cannot find the line separating truth from falsehoods. Still Dair and her husband Peyton take immense pleasure in her story telling abilities. However, keeping track of the mountains of lies that serve as the foundation of the marriage is beginning to take its toll on a weary Dair as she has reached a point of no return where the fibs seem to run her life.

Things further unravel for Dair, already struggling with alcohol, when a close friend Craig MacPherson jumps off an overpass into traffic. Craig's death has a deep impact on Dair almost as much as the years of lies piled on lies. Now she seeks solace while trying to understand her friend's suicide even as Dair will soon learn the one underlying truth about life is that everyone, including Peyton has secrets, hidden behind lies and half-truths.

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE is a strange tale that is more of a relationship drama with a side mystery. The intelligent story line is deep as it peels away the human mask to reveal that lies are part of the ego. The characters including several animals, seem genuine and turn Katrina Kittle's novel into must reading for those who enjoy a powerful look at the underside of the human psyche.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted May 11, 2002

Dair Canard has made up tales since she was a child. Now, as an adult, she finds herself lying at the slightest provocation, with greater and greater finesse. She has established herself as an actress, and bonded with her husband, Peyton, on the premise of her greatest lie ever-a fictitious twin sister who died at the age of 10. But Dair now finds herself at a point in her life where her lies threaten to avalanche. The mysterious death of a dear friend, the divorce of her parents, her increasingly serious drinking problem, and the strain of deceiving Peyton all finally collide. While attempting to sort the truth from the lies, Dair encounters a blurry line between what is real and what she has made up. As she struggles to get her life back on track, Dair learns the truth about her friend's death...and all her lies come tumbling down to unveil a few basic truths, one of which is that each of us has something to hide.