Praise for To Be Honest

Leviton brings great wit and irony to his debut memoir about the pros and cons of being honest, at all costs, all of the time ... Honestly, this thoroughly enjoyable, wry narrative is a winner.
Publishers Weekly

“WTF. That’s all I can say about To Be Honest. I mean. What. The. Fun. To Be Honest reads like a case study in interpersonal horror. I cringed and laughed alternately. Eek. What fun!
Thurber Prize–winning author of The World’s Largest Man: A Memoir

“I couldn’t put this book down. Wait—that’s a lie; I had to sleep and stuff. But the truth is that To Be Honest is astonishing, funny (both ha-ha and peculiar), and heartbreakingly touching. Michael Leviton has written such an unflinching look at what it means to tell the truth and to love that you can’t read it without performing an inventory of all the lies you ever told or received, in the name of being human.”
author of Approval Junkie

Oddly absorbing ... A memoir that shows that while truth doesn’t always mean beauty, there’s something to be said for beautiful liars, too.
Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Michael Leviton is a writer, musician, photographer, and storyteller. He hosts the storytelling series and podcast The Tell, and his work spans screenwriting and composing music for television, including HBO's Bored to Death. His debut memoir, To Be Honest, chronicles an upbringing devoted to "radical honesty" and the complicated, often funny ways truth plays out in love, work, and friendship; it received a starred review from Publishers Weekly.

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