They reject the idea of spending time at New Clairmont and instead camp out at Cuddledown, formerly the estate of Bess and her family.Ĭadence begins to slowly remember events from the Summer Fifteen. The Liars act strange around Cadence and refuse to talk about what happened in Summer Fifteen. His estate, Clairmont, has been replaced by New Clairmont, a cold architectural monstrosity that has none of the charms of the previous Clairmont. Her controlling grandfather now suffers from dementia. Rather than allowing her to go to the island for the summer, Cadence's mother forces her to go on a tour of Europe with her father, with whom Cadence is no longer close to after he had an affair and abandoned the family.ĭuring Summer Seventeen, Cadence is allowed to go back to the island and is surprised to find much has changed. When she tries to reach out to her cousins she is ignored. She also becomes addicted to Percocet and is forced to repeat a year at school. She loses most of her memories of that summer and begins to suffer from migraines. The summer Cadence is fifteen, which she refers to as Summer Fifteen, Gat and Cadence fall in love and begin a relationship.ĭuring Summer Fifteen, Cadence suffers a serious head injury recalling only that she struck her head in the water. Cadence and the other older cousins, Mirren, Johnny, along with Gat Patil (the nephew of Carrie's partner Ed) are known by the family as 'The Liars'. The Sinclairs spend their summers on the island. Harris owns an island called Beechwood Island near Martha's Vineyard and has built a home for himself along with a house for each of his daughters. Harris has three daughters, Cadence's mother Penny, and her aunts Carrie and Bess. Although her family pretends to be perfect, Cadence knows that beneath the surface, wealth and privilege have taken an insidious toll on her family and that any unhappiness or odd behavior is ignored or repressed to perpetuate the image of refinement. PlotĬadence Sinclair Eastman is the eldest grandchild of the wealthy Harris Sinclair. However, not every summer is the same-when something happens to Cadence during the summer of her fifteenth year, the four 'Liars' (Cadence, Johnny, Gat and Mirren) re-emerge two years later to prompt Cadence to remember the incident. It is centered on the wealthy, seemingly perfect Sinclair family, who spend every summer sitting gathered on their private island. We Were Liars focuses on the theme of consequences of one's mistakes. It was also listed as an ALA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults for 2015.

The novel has received critical acclaim and won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Fiction. We Were Liars is a 2014 young-adult novel by E. Young adult fiction, psychological thriller

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