Liars and Saints

Liars and Saints (2003) by Maile Meloy. I've read this book before, but upon rereading it I found that I liked it much better the second time. It's the multigenerational story of the Santerre family, which starts during World War II when Yvette and Teddy are married. The couple eventually have two daughters, Margot and Clarissa, and then things start to get interesting. As a teenager, Margot is seduced by her dancing teacher and becomes pregnant. Yvette's solution is to have Margot travel to France to have the baby, and that is when the lies begin. As generations of the family are born, the ties become more and more tangled, and also more interesting. At 260 pages, it's a brief book, and a quick read, but Meloy manages to pack a lot of events into a short span. I liked it. Grade: A-