![]() The plan goes awry when Cadence sets the first floor on fire before the other Liars have cleared the premises. ![]() Attacking a symbol of the grandfather's patriarchal power, the Liars burn down his house one night when everyone else is off the island, hoping to cleanse the family and start over. Summer fifteen turns tragic when Cadence and the Liars grow fed up with the adult daughters of Cadence's grandfather fighting over the inheritance he has threatened to give away to his alma mater. After kissing, they behave as a couple while on the island, and Cadence is happy. Nevertheless, the fifteen-year-olds become increasingly affectionate with each other. She is excited to see him the next summer, but is dismayed to learn he has a girlfriend back in New York. At fourteen, Cadence realizes she is in love with Gat. He is quickly absorbed into the group, and Johnny, Mirren, Gat, and Cadence become known as the Liars. When they are eight, Aunt Carrie's partner Ed brings his nephew Gat to the island. ![]() She spends most of her time with her same-age cousins, Mirren and Johnny. ![]() After returning to the island two years later, Cadence remembers how she burnt down her grandfather's summer home, accidentally killing two of her cousins and the boy she loved.Ĭadence's childhood summers at Beechwood Island have always been wonderful. Lockhart's We Were Liarsis a young-adult novel about Cadence Sinclair Eastman, a privileged teenager whose carefree summers at her grandfather's private island are disrupted by a traumatic accident she can't recall. ![]()
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