Everyone wears a mask
Alicia’s art, Theo’s therapy, and their lives all involve hiding true emotions behind roles.
→ Lesson: People may show you what they want you to see, not who they really are.
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The Silent Patient is a mystery-thriller novel by Alex Michaelides. It’s about a famous painter named Alicia Berenson who kills her husband one night, and then never speaks a word again.
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