The Dance of Deception: A Guide to Authenticity and Truth-Telling in Women’s Relationships

From faking sex to family secrets, we are all affected by lies, secrets, and silence-our own and those of others. In this bold and insightful book, Harriet Goldhor Lerner illuminates the way for women to move away from silence and pretense in order to find courage, integrity, and voice in their most important relationships. She unravels the good, the bad, and the gray areas of dishonesty and shows women how to be more truthful with themselves and others. She also reveals how the struggle toward truth-telling is at the center of our deepest longings for intimacy, authenticity, and self-regard. Drawing on her extensive clinical experience, Dr. Lerner unravels the lies, secrets, and silences that affect our lives and teaches us how to widen the path to truth-telling.