From one of Britain's best-loved comedians comes this wonderfully funny, sharp & touching memoir & a celebration of the bond
...You can never escape your past... The Lies We Tell is an explosive & completely gripping psychological thriller in which present
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Read by Tom Hollander. As a boy, Daniel Rooke was always an outsider. At school he learned to hide his clever thoughts from his cruel peers; at home his parents were bemused by their bookish son. Daniel could only hope
- against all the evidence
- that he would one day find his place in life. By 1788, Daniel has become Lieutenant Rooke, astronomer with the First Fleet as it lands on the unknown shores of New South Wales. As the newcomers struggle to establish a settlement for themselves & their cargo of convicts, & attempts are made to communicate with those who already inhabit this l&, Rooke sets up his observatory to chart the stars. But the place where they have landed will prove far more revelatory than the night sky. Out on his isolated point, Rooke comes to know the local Aboriginal people, & forges a remarkable connection with one child, that will change his life in ways he never imagined.