The Dance of Deception: Pretending and Truth-Telling in Women's Lives

From sexual faking to family secrets, Dr. Harriet Lerner reveals how the struggle toward truth-telling is at the center of our deepest longings for intimacy, authenticity, and self-regard. With the passion, humor, and clarity that have become her trademark, Lerner unravels the lies, secrets, and silences -- our own and others' -- than affect our lives, and teaches us how to widen the path to truth-telling for everyone. SC, 255 pages.