Reviews of A Lie About My Father

“A fiercely lyrical portrait of a father and son’s deeply scarred history…A Lie About My Father achieves an aching grace through his deeply reflective honesty about the huge untruths that bound him to his rage-prone working-class Scottish dad.” —Elle

“This book demonstrates the resilience of the human spirit; the writing is upsetting, gripping, and startling.” —Library Journal

“A bitter, resentful, yet richly insightful and compassionate memoir of growing up in a coastal town in the East Midlands of England.” —Sarah Kafatou, Harvard Review