The Little Liar, Mitch Albom
The Little Liar, Mitch Albom
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The Little Liar
A Novel

Bestseller

Author: Mitch Albom

Narrator: Mitch Albom

Unabridged: 7 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 11/14/2023


Synopsis

An Instant New York Times BestsellerBeloved bestselling author Mitch Albom returns with his most important novel to date, an unforgettable story of truth and lies set during the Holocaust.Eleven-year-old Nico Krispis has never told a lie. When the Nazis invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is persuade his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading “north,” where new jobs and safety await. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy reassures passengers on the station platform every day.But when the final train is loaded, Nico sees his family being herded into a boxcar. Only then does he discover that he has helped send them—and everyone he knows and loves—to their doom at Auschwitz.Nico escapes—but he never tells the truth again.In The Little Liar, Mitch Albom examines the human repercussions of deception by interweaving the stories of Nico, who yearns for forgiveness; his older brother, Sebastian, who vows revenge against him; Fannie, the girl who must choose between them; and Udo Graf, the Nazi officer who forever changed their lives with his lies.Through the war years, the concentration camps, and the decades that follow, Albom reveals the consequences of each person’s honesty and dishonesty, bringing them back to where it all started in a staggering climax worthy of the best of Albom’s internationally embraced stories. 

About Mitch Albom

Mitch Albom is the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction, which have collectively sold forty-two million copies in forty-eight languages worldwide. He has written eight number-one New York Times bestsellers—including Tuesdays with Morrie, the bestselling memoir of all time—award-winning television films, stage plays, screenplays, a nationally syndicated newspaper column, and a musical. Through his work at the Detroit Free Press, he was inducted into both the National Sports Media Association and Michigan Sports halls of fame and is the recipient of the 2010 Red Smith Award for lifetime achievement. He founded the nonprofit SAY Detroit, which provides pathways to success for Detroiters in need through major health, housing and education initiatives. He also founded a dessert shop and a gourmet popcorn line to help fund it. Albom operates Have Faith Haiti, a home and school for impoverished children and orphans in Port-au-Prince, which he visits monthly. He lives with his wife, Janine, in Michigan.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Karen on November 06, 2024

There comes a point in which one wonders, how many different ways can an author tell the story of the Holocaust and not sound like another book we have already read. And then, this one comes along. And its creative storytelling, reaches a new level of heart and soul and sadness and grief and anger a......more

Goodreads review by Taufiq on February 09, 2025

I've been following Mitch Albom since Tuesdays with Morrie, and The Little Liar, his 2023 novel, tells the story of the Holocaust during World War II, focusing on the atrocities at Auschwitz. First, the positives. Albom’s writing is always simple and easy to read. The story setting is compelling, usi......more

Goodreads review by Creya on December 03, 2023

I love when a work of fiction helps me learn something new. This was my first time reading a book set during the Holocaust. I was unaware Greece had been invaded by Nazis. Thousands of Jews were deported by train from Salonika, Greece to Auschwitz, where they were faced with certain death. Albom doe......more

Goodreads review by NILTON on December 23, 2023

3.5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ This was quite interesting and I loved the concept. The story is narrated by the voice of “Truth” (just like “Death” was the voice in “The Book Thief”, by Markus Zusak but here the impact is much lower). This was somewhat refreshing, as I have never read a book about the Holocaust th......more

Goodreads review by julz on March 11, 2023

I know this book isn't out yet but I'm just so excited for it. I'm counting down the days. I've recently finished reading all of Mitch's books and have loved every single one of them, so I have no doubt that this will be the same. Mitch, you can do no wrong and I will always read anything you releas......more