Liars and Saints - Maile Meloy

Yvette and Teddy are married during the war. Their children, Margot and Clarissa are born soon after, two years apart. Teddy remains absent for a good part of their early lives, fighting in Korea. Yvette, alone on a beach with two young children, is approached by a photographer who offers to take their photo. “A man with such a beautiful wife will want a remembrance of her”. Yvette, slightly tipsy from a cocktail, accepts the compliment, but when the photographer returns to the house with the photographs a few days later, he kisses her so hard that his teeth cut her lip. Racked with guilt for weeks after, Yvette attends confession. But the kiss will ...