Untold Story

Monica Ali

jul 2012 · Simon and Schuster

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She was the most famous woman in the world. She died tragically, too young, in a terrible accident. The world mourned. Monica Ali, the beloved author of Brick Lane, explores the extraordinary question: what if she hadn't died?

Lydia lives in a nondescript town somewhere in the American Midwest. She's a nice, normal woman - if strikingly beautiful. She lives a nice, normal life: her friends are normal, her job is normal, her hobbies are normal. Her friends and boyfriend adore her.

But her past is shrouded in mystery. Who is Lydia? Where does she come from? And why is her English accent so posh?

Lydia is a woman with secrets. Extraordinary secrets. She might even be the most famous woman on the planet... a woman whose death the world mourned by millions.

Who is she?

*~*~* Praise for Untold Story*~*~*

 'A beautiful, gripping accomplishment, a treat for the heart and the head, and will be a joy to readers who believe in the possibility that a book can transform your basic sense of life'   Andrew O'Hagan

 'A terrific, clever, multi-layered and subtle book (and let's not forget - hugely entertaining)'   Joanne Harris

 'Haunting and intensely readable, this is something between a thriller and a ghost story'   Lady Antonia Fraser

'A startlingly intelligent, perceptive and entertaining piece of fiction. It's quite brilliant'   Henry Sutton, Daily Mirror

'Thoughtful, compassionate... a suspenseful and gripping read'  Suzi Feay, Financial Times

 'Ali's third-person princess is a very convincing and sympathetic figure... extremely skilfully done'    Tibor Fischer, Observer
 

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Monica Ali was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and grew up in England. She was named one of the 20 best young British novelists under 40 by Granta. She is the author of four previous novels, including Untold Story and Brick Lane, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Guardian Book Prize, nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was named a winner of the 2003 Discover Award for Fiction and a New York Times Editors’ Choice Book that same year. She lives in London with her husband and two children.