{"product_id":"petty-lies-us","title":"Petty Lies (US edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe Need to Talk About Kevin\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eThe Vegetarian\u003c\/em\u003e in this chilling epistolary novel of four characters locked in a frightening cycle of vengeance and comeuppance.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMira is a desperate young woman, hired by a wealthy single mother to tutor her lonesome son, Yuchan. But Mira is not who she presents herself to be; she is haunted by the death of her own family and motivated by the dark pulse of vengeance. Yuchan was cruel to Mira’s mother. A kind of cruelty she can’t ever forgive.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAnd then there is Jiwon, the boy’s mother, a bad mother, Mira thinks—or so Jiwon tells herself she must not be.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBut as Mira spends more time in the family’s sprawling home, she begins to suspect Yuchan is not the culprit she’s after. Someone else in the family has been pulling the strings. Someone with a deviant plan she can’t begin to imagine.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eStructured around four different letters and journal entries: Mira's, Jiwon's reply, Yuchan's younger brother's diary entry and, finally, Mira's own written recollection. Each new section brings us deeper into a web of cruelty, consequence, and closer to the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSulmi Bak, born in 1984, majored in journalism and chose to become a novelist while preparing for examination for a top gaming company in Korea. \u003cem\u003ePetty Lies\u003c\/em\u003e is her debut novel, followed by two other stand-alone novels, \u003cem\u003eThe Silence of the Swan\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDalwhinnie Hotel\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mulholland Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47288354111645,"sku":"9780316594486","price":89.95,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7575\/1837\/files\/9780316594486.jpg?v=1764237725","url":"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/petty-lies-us","provider":"MPHOnline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}