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The Unseen World A Novel

Liz Moore

The moving story of a daughter’s quest to discover the truth about her beloved father’s hidden past. Ada Sibelius is raised by David, her brilliant, eccentric, socially inept single father, who directs a computer science lab in 1980s-era Boston. Home-schooled, Ada accompanies David to work every da...

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Fresh Air

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Fresh Air

The author discussed the title as a mystery of identity, describing how a character invents an entire life and his daughter uncovers the truth as he loses his memory. She noted that this novel and another work were categorized differently from her recent books because they did not begin with a missing person. The conversation highlighted the themes of deception and family revelation.

Episode: ‘The God of the Woods’ Author Liz Moore

This novel featured a mystery of identity where a character invented his entire life and his daughter only discovered the truth after he began to lose his memory. The author considered it to contain a mystery of family, similar to how she views 'Heft'.

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a book of mine called The Unseen World deals with the mystery of identity there's a character who has effectively lied about everything in his entire life has invented an identity for himself and his daughter only discovers this after he begins to lose his memory so she has to figure out who he really is and why he lied

Episode: ‘The God of the Woods’ Author Liz Moore

This book deals with the mystery of identity, featuring a character who lied about his entire life and invented a new identity, which his daughter uncovers after he starts losing his memory. The author noted that this book, along with 'Heft,' were categorized differently than her more recent novels because they did not start with a missing person.

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a book of mine called The Unseen World deals with the mystery of identity there's a character who has effectively lied about everything in his entire life has invented an identity for himself and his daughter only discovers this after he begins to lose his memory so she has to figure out who he really is and why he lied

Episode: Best Of: Novelists Liz Moore & Julian Barnes

It was a book that dealt with a mystery of identity, exploring hidden aspects of a character's past.

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My first three novels also contained really... A book of mine called The Unseen World deals with a mystery of identity.

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