Duped

In Duped, New York Times journalist Abby Ellin explores the secret lives of compulsive liars, and the tragedy of those who trust them – who have experienced severe, prolonged betrayal – and the terrible impact on their sense of reality and their ability to trust ever again. Studying the art and science of lying, talking to victims who’ve had their worlds turned upside down, and writing with great openness about her own mistakes, she lays the phenomenon bare. Ellin offers us a shocking and intimate look not only at the damage that the duplicitous cause, but the painful reaction of a society that is all too quick to blame the believer.