Moving from wartime Europe to modern day Australia, The Deceptions
is a powerful story of old transgressions, unexpected revelations
and the legacy of lives built on lies and deceit. Prague, 1943.
Taken from her home in Prague, Hana Lederova finds herself
imprisoned in the Jewish ghetto of Theresienstadt, where she is
forced to endure appalling deprivation and the imminent threat of
transportation to the east. When she attracts the attention of the
Czech gendarme who becomes her guard, Hana reluctantly accepts his
advances, hoping for the protection she so desperately needs.
Sydney, 2010. Manipulated into a liaison with her married boss,
Tessa knows she needs to end it, but how? Tessa's grandmother,
Irena, also has something to hide. Harkening back to the Second
World War, hers is a carefully kept secret that, if revealed, would
send shockwaves well beyond her own fractured family. Inspired by a
true story of wartime betrayal, The Deceptions is a searing,
compassionate tale of love and duplicity-and family secrets better
left buried. 'The Deceptions is a stunning example of the way
fiction tells war better than any other form - I could taste its
madness, its horror. Saw from the outside, its utter absurdity. For
days after reading the novel I found myself wrestling with the
price of betrayal, and the value of truth.' - Sofie Laguna, winner
of the Miles Franklin Literary Award 'At what cost can a survivor
of hell rebuild a seemingly normal life? The Deceptions is a
gripping and tragic story for our times.' - Leah Kaminsky, author
of The Hollow Bones 'Impossible to put down. Leal is a master
storyteller. Mesmerising, heartbreaking, honest-The Deceptions is
ferociously good.' - Nikki Gemmell, author of After 'Those who grew
up in the shadow of the Second World War had Elie Wiesel's Night to
define for them the enormity for the Holocaust. Those who were born
later can now rely upon Suzanne Leal's brilliant and confronting
novel The Deceptions to open their eyes to the true horrors of
Nazism.' - Alan Gold, author of Bloodline
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