SuitabookKeeping up a made-up identity
After moving suburbs, Lucy adopts a new persona and invents another identity for her new boyfriend; three party invitations put the charade under pressure.AmbiguousAmbiguous: the book leaves its position open to more than one reasonable reading.Ambiguous: the book leaves its position open to more than one reasonable reading.How the book presents it: Lucy’s invented identities and the pressure of maintaining them drive the plot, bringing questions of honesty and social acceptance into focus.
Talk about: If the charade affects people around Lucy, what might an honest response look like?