The Lie Tree
A Victorian girl inherits her father's specimen: a tree that feeds on lies told to it and fruits with truth.
Faith Sunderly’s father dies in disgrace, leaving a specimen he smuggled out of the field: a tree that feeds on lies whispered to it and fruits with hidden truths. Hardinge sets it in a Victorian world where a clever girl is not permitted to be one, and it won the Costa Book of the Year in 2015.
Recommended by 1 Person
Tracy Chevalier
I don’t know how Frances Hardinge came up with this crazy idea that a tree would feed on lies. Nothing really prepares you for the book going so off-piste and that’s what I love about it—it’s really wild! I thought it was an incredibly creative way of using a tree.
Interview · March 2016
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