First published 2022
Samantha Miller commands three million followers who hang on her every word about finding truth and happiness. Her book Chaste tops bestseller lists and her events sell out completely. She decides to share her most private story with the world. In a viral essay, she writes about her teenage sexual awakening with her former best friend Lisa. The confession draws massive attention and praise for her honesty. Then Lisa contacts her for the first time in years. Lisa remembers that night completely differently. Her version is much darker than what Samantha described. Now two women stand with opposing accounts of the same event. Samantha built her brand on authentic truth telling, but Lisa challenges everything about that foundation. The conflict forces questions about memory, power, and whose version of events gets believed when stories clash.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, contemporary, psychological-thriller
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: opposing-accounts, unreliable-narrator
309 pages · Paperback · Bantam Press
Content warnings: sexual-content