From the bestselling author of "Tripping the Prom Queen" comes a fascinating and provocative look at the reasons behind female deception. It reveals how society doles out mixed messages to women, fostering the lies they tell. Among them: A woman who shoplifts, and has it 'down to a science' A woman who tells her husband she is working late to be with her lover A woman who lies about her children's achievements to her friends A woman who pretends her husband is doing well when they are going broke A woman who has covered up her husband's emotional abuse for years A woman whose secret is her misery in being a stay-at-home mom in suburbia A woman who lies about loving her partner, deciding it's better to stay than be alone And many other secrets and deceptions/LI/ULHonest and even outrageous, Susan Shapiro Barash is fast becoming the author who explores issues that are important to women--issues that they are loath to talk about...until now.