Pambuyo pakupambana kwake ndi opera prima «Choonadi chonse«, Karen Cleveland abwerera ndi chosangalatsa chotsatira mizere yomweyo. Ngati chilinganizo chikugwira ntchito, ndipo ngati chingathe kukhala ndi mavuto azamaganizidwe mozungulira zokondweretsa zapakhomo zomwe zimadabwitsa poyamba. Bwanji osayesanso kachiwiri ngati chithunzi chatsopano?
Mfundo ndiyakuti, imagwira ntchito. Ndiponso nyumba ya protagonist, yemwe tsopano ndi Stepahnie Maddox, wothandizira wa FBI kuti akhale wolondola, ndipo mu buku lapitalo Vivian Miller wogwira ntchito ku CIA, amadzakhala mlandu pakati pa akatswiri pantchito komanso malingaliro achitetezo abanja komanso chikondi chomwe chinaperekedwa chinasandulika kukhumudwitsa.
Stephanie adzadzipeza yekha pa chingwe, pazomwe sizingatheke momwe kuyanjanitsa ntchito ndi magwiridwe antchito zitha kupitilira kuchepa kwa nthawi yogwira ntchito. Chifukwa mwana wawo wamwamuna wazaka 17 Zachary, zotsatira za ubale wokakamizidwa womwe Stephanie amakhala mobisa nthawi zonse, amayamba kuchita modabwitsa kwambiri kuposa momwe achinyamata amakhalira. Akukayikira kuti china chake chachikulu chikubisa mwana wake chimatsimikizika atazindikira kuti Zach atha kulumikizana ndi magulu achigawenga.
Buku lonseli likukhudzana ndi akuda awa omwe mwana wawo amakana kwathunthu chifukwa, zowonadi, Stephanie yemweyo ali ndi bizinesi zambiri zomwe sanamalize ndi zakale. Choyamba ndi Senator Halliday, omwe adamugwirira ali ndi zaka 1 zokha. Lingaliro lakutali loti wopandukayo mwina adazindikira abambo ake ndipo akuchita zinthu zina kuti asokoneze ubale wake ndi Zach limamupatsa mantha.
Mwina nkutheka kuti ena mwa mafiya omwe adawachotsa ali pafupi ndi moyo wake kuti awuwononge. Kapenanso kuti mnzake yemwe adakumana ndi mavuto akulu adakonza njira yobwezera yoyipa kwambiri.
Ndikumangika nthawi zonse komanso kutseguka komwe kumasiya mafunso ambiri ndipo kumatha kupereka chithunzi cha ntchito yomwe sinamalizidwe (mwina gawo lachiwiri?), Bukuli limapereka chiwonetsero chodabwitsanso momwe nkhawa yayikulu imabadwira m'bwalo lamkati la Stephanie, obisala wowerenga pakati pamalingaliro amphamvu a chikondi chopanda malire komanso ngakhale paranoia.
Mukutha tsopano kugula buku la The Big Lie, buku latsopano la karen Cleveland, apa: