There is only one thing Molly has ever desired in her life;
to love and be loved by someone. The odds have been stacked
against her, what with an abusive relationship with her
father and an obesity problem that forces her to hide from
her classmates. Feeling like a true ugly duckling, Molly
breaks away from the constraints of her family by telling a
little white-lie to her biology teacher that ends with a
visit from the police and a social worker. Deciding that
she needs a fresh start, Molly runs away from home only to
be found by a sexually perverse old man who's willing to
give her a job and a place to stay under a few "conditions."
Standing atop a ladder in a storage closet, Mr. Roberts
positions himself under her with a prime view up her skirt
as Molly tells him a series of "stories" about her sexual
history. However, seeing as she has had no sexual
experiences to relay, Molly is forced to lie lest she be
turned out on her ear. Seeking out material with which to
pad her stories, Molly tries to find a boyfriend and does a
little research at the local library. She meets Tim, a
paranoid schizophrenic who believes he is a secret agent,
on a park bench and starts a really sketchy romance. Liz,
the lonely librarian, reserves only the dirtiest French
novels for her romantic edification. Trying to emulate
Catherine M. and Pauline Reage's "O," Molly stumbles
through the most anemic of romances ever written.
Lacking in direction, Sarah Salway lets us wind
through a minefield of deception and lies. As Molly
continues to morph into an evil twin version of herself,
more questions arise and are frustratingly left unanswered.
She didn’t mean to tell the story, or have it end that way.
She just got a little . . . carried away.
It has been several years since she confided in her
teacher, and Molly Drayton is still feeling the
aftershocks. But when a chance meeting with a stranger
leads to an offer of a room in exchange for telling
stories, Molly jumps at the chance. Slowly, she builds an
eccentric new family: Tim, her secretive boyfriend, who
just might be a spy; Miranda, the lovelorn hairstylist;
Liz, the lusty librarian; and Mr. Roberts, a landlord who
listens, and his wife who is that very wonderful thing,
French.
Much to Molly’s surprise, she finds that the stories she
now tells are her key to creating a completely different
life. Suddenly, her future is full of possibilities. The
trouble is, Molly’s not the only one telling tales.
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