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EN: My Life, Her Lies: A Psychological Thriller
 
My Life, Her Lies: A Psychological ThrillerVictoria McVerryPaperbackShe was always by my side. That should have been my warning. At 5:12 a.m., Nora’s phone lights up beside her daughter’s bed. Ask him where he was yesterday. Six words from an unknown number. No name. No explanation. Nora wants to delete the message. Instead, she reads it again. For years, her life has revolved around keeping her three daughters safe, especially Lina, her youngest, whose severe disabilities mean that even an ordinary night can become an emergency. Nora has learned to survive on little sleep, to notice the smallest change in a breath, and to put everyone else’s needs before her own. Now, at last, something good is happening. Elias is kind, patient, and willing to build a future that makes room for all of them. Together, they’re preparing a house where Lina will have a room designed just for her. Nora has almost allowed herself to believe in a fresh start. And she has Mara. Mara, the best friend who brings breakfast when Nora forgets to eat. Who drives her daughter to rehearsals. Who knows where the spare keys are kept, which appointments cannot be missed, and what Nora sounds like when she is too frightened to say so. Mara has been there through everything. Then another message arrives. This one repeats words Nora spoke in confidence. Words she never wrote down. Words someone else should not know. A photograph raises questions about Elias. Letters and unexpected packages stir up memories Nora would rather leave buried. Someone reports concerns about Lina’s care, threatening the one thing Nora has fought hardest to protect: her family. And as an old fracture between sisters opens again, Nora begins to wonder how much of her own past she has ever truly understood. She tries to find a reasonable explanation for each incident. But the incidents keep coming. Nora begins keeping records. Dates. Screenshots. Conversations. Details she once would have dismissed. The more closely she examines them, the harder it becomes to separate coincidence from deliberate cruelty. Then a woman is found dead. The police begin asking questions. Nora’s name has surfaced in places it should never have been, and every attempt to defend herself seems to expose another secret. The man she loves has things he hasn’t told her. Her family remembers the past differently. Even the people offering to help seem to know more than they should. And somewhere among them is a person who understands exactly which fear will make Nora doubt herself next. Every reassurance now sounds like a warning. Every act of kindness carries a question. And every time Nora thinks she has uncovered the truth, another piece of her life stops making sense. Nora has spent her life protecting others. Now she must protect the truth before suspicion destroys the home she is trying to build, and before the consequences reach the daughter who depends on her most. Because the most dangerous person in your life isn’t always the one who threatens you. Sometimes it’s the one who knows exactly how to comfort you afterwards. MY LIFE, HER LIES is a gripping, emotionally charged psychological thriller about gaslighting, obsession, manipulation, family secrets, toxic friendships, betrayal, and the terrifying cost of trusting the wrong person. She trusted the person who knew all her secrets. Someone was using them against her.
My Life, Her Lies: A Psychological ThrillerVictoria McVerryEbookShe was always by my side. That should have been my warning. At 5:12 a.m., Nora’s phone lights up beside her daughter’s bed. Ask him where he was yesterday. Six words from an unknown number. No name. No explanation. Nora wants to delete the message. Instead, she reads it again. For years, her life has revolved around keeping her three daughters safe, especially Lina, her youngest, whose severe disabilities mean that even an ordinary night can become an emergency. Nora has learned to survive on little sleep, to notice the smallest change in a breath, and to put everyone else’s needs before her own. Now, at last, something good is happening. Elias is kind, patient, and willing to build a future that makes room for all of them. Together, they’re preparing a house where Lina will have a room designed just for her. Nora has almost allowed herself to believe in a fresh start. And she has Mara. Mara, the best friend who brings breakfast when Nora forgets to eat. Who drives her daughter to rehearsals. Who knows where the spare keys are kept, which appointments cannot be missed, and what Nora sounds like when she is too frightened to say so. Mara has been there through everything. Then another message arrives. This one repeats words Nora spoke in confidence. Words she never wrote down. Words someone else should not know. A photograph raises questions about Elias. Letters and unexpected packages stir up memories Nora would rather leave buried. Someone reports concerns about Lina’s care, threatening the one thing Nora has fought hardest to protect: her family. And as an old fracture between sisters opens again, Nora begins to wonder how much of her own past she has ever truly understood. She tries to find a reasonable explanation for each incident. But the incidents keep coming. Nora begins keeping records. Dates. Screenshots. Conversations. Details she once would have dismissed. The more closely she examines them, the harder it becomes to separate coincidence from deliberate cruelty. Then a woman is found dead. The police begin asking questions. Nora’s name has surfaced in places it should never have been, and every attempt to defend herself seems to expose another secret. The man she loves has things he hasn’t told her. Her family remembers the past differently. Even the people offering to help seem to know more than they should. And somewhere among them is a person who understands exactly which fear will make Nora doubt herself next. Every reassurance now sounds like a warning. Every act of kindness carries a question. And every time Nora thinks she has uncovered the truth, another piece of her life stops making sense. Nora has spent her life protecting others. Now she must protect the truth before suspicion destroys the home she is trying to build, and before the consequences reach the daughter who depends on her most. Because the most dangerous person in your life isn’t always the one who threatens you. Sometimes it’s the one who knows exactly how to comfort you afterwards. MY LIFE, HER LIES is a gripping, emotionally charged psychological thriller about gaslighting, obsession, manipulation, family secrets, toxic friendships, betrayal, and the terrifying cost of trusting the wrong person. She trusted the person who knew all her secrets. Someone was using them against her.
EN: Between Houses and Home | English Edition
 
Between Houses and Home: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Search for HomeVICTORIA McVERRYPaperback“For a long time, I thought home was a house.” How much can a person lose and still find the courage to begin again? How many doors must a woman close behind her before she finally finds a place where she can stay? Victoria is just seven months old when her mother leaves her in her grandmother’s care. In Nana’s old house, with its courtyard and well, the little girl discovers what she will spend the rest of her life searching for: love, safety, and a sense of belonging. But at eleven, she loses the first place she ever called home. In a foreign country, surrounded by an unfamiliar language and a family she barely knows, she faces a difficult childhood between two worlds. It is the start of a life shaped by goodbyes and new beginnings. Growing up between countries and cultures, Victoria fights for the right to shape her own future and longs for somewhere she will never have to leave. She falls in love, starts a family, trusts—and is hurt. She faces painful separations, broken promises, and violence. Again and again, she must ask herself: How do you build a new life when the old one has fallen apart? As a mother of three daughters, she wants to give her children the security she so often lacked. But love cannot protect anyone from loneliness. Even the bonds between mother and daughter are tested. Amid family conflict, loss, and the weight of responsibility, Victoria struggles not to lose sight of herself or her children. With little money and a great deal of courage, she transforms old, neglected houses into places of warmth and beauty. Each new address holds the promise of a fresh start after heartbreak or separation. Yet no matter how beautiful the walls become, they cannot stop people from leaving. Then her youngest daughter is born—the child she has longed for. A serious, rare illness changes the family’s life forever. Joy gives way to fear for her child, hospital stays, sleepless nights, and days filled with caregiving and uncertainty. Victoria learns how a severe disability can reshape family life—and how isolating the responsibility of providing round-the-clock care can become. Where does a mother find strength when she has almost none left? And it is precisely when her fear is greatest that her understanding of home begins to change. What remains when there is nowhere left to call home? Between Houses and Home is a deeply moving memoir and true life story about growing up without a mother, living between cultures, searching for belonging, and navigating the complicated bonds of family. An intimate autobiographical account of a woman’s search for independence, painful separations, emotional wounds, mother-daughter relationships, and the courage to start over. How much can one person carry without losing herself? Behind Victoria’s story lie struggles that often go unseen: childhood separation, difficult family relationships, the lasting effects of violence, starting over after heartbreak, and the daily reality of raising and caring for a seriously ill child. Yet this is not only a story of hardship. It is also about resilience, self-determination, the longing for reconciliation, and learning to trust again after life has been turned upside down. A book about loss and hope, vulnerability and inner strength—and the quiet longing to find a place where love remains.
Between Houses and Home: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Search for HomeVICTORIA McVERRYEbook“For a long time, I thought home was a house.” How much can a person lose and still find the courage to begin again? How many doors must a woman close behind her before she finally finds a place where she can stay? Victoria is just seven months old when her mother leaves her in her grandmother’s care. In Nana’s old house, with its courtyard and well, the little girl discovers what she will spend the rest of her life searching for: love, safety, and a sense of belonging. But at eleven, she loses the first place she ever called home. In a foreign country, surrounded by an unfamiliar language and a family she barely knows, she faces a difficult childhood between two worlds. It is the start of a life shaped by goodbyes and new beginnings. Growing up between countries and cultures, Victoria fights for the right to shape her own future and longs for somewhere she will never have to leave. She falls in love, starts a family, trusts—and is hurt. She faces painful separations, broken promises, and violence. Again and again, she must ask herself: How do you build a new life when the old one has fallen apart? As a mother of three daughters, she wants to give her children the security she so often lacked. But love cannot protect anyone from loneliness. Even the bonds between mother and daughter are tested. Amid family conflict, loss, and the weight of responsibility, Victoria struggles not to lose sight of herself or her children. With little money and a great deal of courage, she transforms old, neglected houses into places of warmth and beauty. Each new address holds the promise of a fresh start after heartbreak or separation. Yet no matter how beautiful the walls become, they cannot stop people from leaving. Then her youngest daughter is born—the child she has longed for. A serious, rare illness changes the family’s life forever. Joy gives way to fear for her child, hospital stays, sleepless nights, and days filled with caregiving and uncertainty. Victoria learns how a severe disability can reshape family life—and how isolating the responsibility of providing round-the-clock care can become. Where does a mother find strength when she has almost none left? And it is precisely when her fear is greatest that her understanding of home begins to change. What remains when there is nowhere left to call home? Between Houses and Home is a deeply moving memoir and true life story about growing up without a mother, living between cultures, searching for belonging, and navigating the complicated bonds of family. An intimate autobiographical account of a woman’s search for independence, painful separations, emotional wounds, mother-daughter relationships, and the courage to start over. How much can one person carry without losing herself? Behind Victoria’s story lie struggles that often go unseen: childhood separation, difficult family relationships, the lasting effects of violence, starting over after heartbreak, and the daily reality of raising and caring for a seriously ill child. Yet this is not only a story of hardship. It is also about resilience, self-determination, the longing for reconciliation, and learning to trust again after life has been turned upside down. A book about loss and hope, vulnerability and inner strength—and the quiet longing to find a place where love remains.
DE: Zwischen Häusern und Zuhause | Deutsche Ausgabe
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