Summer Lies, by Bernhard Schlink
A flutist returns to New York after a summer on the Cape where he promises his new love he will follow her to LA only to find his routine life too comfortable to abandon; a writer whose wife is more successful than he tries to seclude his family far from city distractions only to have his efforts backfire; a terminally ill man plans his last day on earth in the warmth of his family only to have his secretiveness drive them away. Short story collection SUMMER LIES reveals the deceptions we impose not only on others but also on ourselves.
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