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- “Very minor wear from normal reading. Please see photos and description for full details.”
- Country of Origin
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- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Personalize
- No
- Inscribed
- No
- Type
- Novel
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Vintage
- No
- Original Language
- English
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- Adults
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- Annie Barrows
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0385342942
ISBN-13
9780385342940
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201708890
Product Key Features
Book Title
Truth According to Us
Number of Pages
512 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Topic
Sagas, Family Life, Literary, Historical
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.6 in
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2014-037515
Reviews
Praise for The Truth According to Us "[ The Truth According to Us is] as delightfully eccentric as Guernsey yet refreshingly different. . . . It's an epic but intimate family novel with richly imagined characters, an intriguing plot and the social sensibilities you would expect of a story set in the South. . . . The traumatized girls, Willa and Bird, are exquisitely portrayed and the lasting damage caused by the abandonment is sensitively rendered. Willa's indomitable spirit, keen sense of adventure and innate intelligence reminded me of two other motherless girls in literature: Scout Finch in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and Flavia de Luce in Alan Bradley's big-hearted British mystery series. If Guernsey is a tribute to the power of books, The Truth According to Us is a testament to the toxicity of secrets. . . . Just as we did in Guernsey, we empathize with the characters as if they're our neighbors. . . . Macedonia is a great place to spend some time this summer. The temperatures are soaring, but it's nothing compared to the heat generated by this sizzling story." -- The Washington Post "In The Truth According to Us, Annie Barrows leaves no doubt that she is a storyteller of rare caliber, with wisdom and insight to spare. As she subtly unpacks the emotional intricacies of the Romeyn family and their small West Virginia town in the wake of the Great Depression, we're struck by the slipperiness of history--how the stories we tell each other and ourselves often demand to be interrogated; how the things we're driven know about our families, our towns, our closest intimates, will always change us, sometimes over and over. Barrows is at her best here. Every page rings like a bell." --Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife " The Truth According to Us is an irresistible novel, a sly charmer of a story about a small town in Depression-era West Virginia whose history is rewritten by a debutante on the run. Family histories, too, are unraveled, but mended by the fierce, strong women who dominate this delightful page-turner, a tribute to the power of love and forgiveness to heal even the most heartbreaking betrayals." --Melanie Benjamin, author of The Aviator's Wife Praise for The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society "A jewel . . . poignant and keenly observed . . . a small masterpiece about love, war, and the immeasurable sustenance to be found in good books and good friends." --People "Affirms the power of books to nourish people enduring hard times." --The Washington Post "This is a book for firesides or long train rides. It's as charming and timeless as the novels for which its characters profess their love." --San Francisco Chronicle "A book-lover's delight, an implicit and sometimes explicit paean to all things literary." --Chicago Sun-Times "A poignant, funny novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit . . . This one is a treat." --The Boston Globe "Smart and delightful . . . Treat yourself to this book, please--I can't recommend it highly enough." --Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love and The Signature of All Things, Praise for The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society "A jewel . . . poignant and keenly observed . . . a small masterpiece about love, war, and the immeasurable sustenance to be found in good books and good friends." --People "Affirms the power of books to nourish people enduring hard times." --The Washington Post "This is a book for firesides or long train rides. It's as charming and timeless as the novels for which its characters profess their love." --San Francisco Chronicle "A book-lover's delight, an implicit and sometimes explicit paean to all things literary." --Chicago Sun-Times "A poignant, funny novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit . . . This one is a treat." --The Boston Globe "Smart and delightful . . . Treat yourself to this book, please--I can't recommend it highly enough." --Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love and The Signature of All Things, Advance praise for The Truth According to Us "In The Truth According to Us, Annie Barrows leaves no doubt that she is a storyteller of rare caliber, with wisdom and insight to spare. As she subtly unpacks the emotional intricacies of the Romeyn family and their small West Virginia town in the wake of the Great Depression, we're struck by the slipperiness of history--how the stories we tell each other and ourselves often demand to be interrogated; how the things we're driven know about our families, our towns, our closest intimates, will always change us, sometimes over and over. Barrows is at her best here. Every page rings like a bell." --Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife " The Truth According to Us is an irresistible novel, a sly charmer of a story about a small town in Depression-era West Virginia whose history is rewritten by a debutante on the run. Family histories, too, are unraveled, but mended by the fierce, strong women who dominate this delightful page-turner, a tribute to the power of love and forgiveness to heal even the most heartbreaking betrayals." --Melanie Benjamin, author of The Aviator's Wife Praise for The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society "A jewel . . . poignant and keenly observed . . . a small masterpiece about love, war, and the immeasurable sustenance to be found in good books and good friends." --People "Affirms the power of books to nourish people enduring hard times." --The Washington Post "This is a book for firesides or long train rides. It's as charming and timeless as the novels for which its characters profess their love." --San Francisco Chronicle "A book-lover's delight, an implicit and sometimes explicit paean to all things literary." --Chicago Sun-Times "A poignant, funny novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit . . . This one is a treat." --The Boston Globe "Smart and delightful . . . Treat yourself to this book, please--I can't recommend it highly enough." --Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love and The Signature of All Things
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Synopsis
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the co-author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society comes a wise, witty, and exuberant novel, perfect for fans of Lee Smith, that illuminates the power of loyalty and forgiveness, memory and truth, and the courage it takes to do what's right. Annie Barrows once again evokes the charm and eccentricity of a small town filled with extraordinary characters. Her new novel, The Truth According to Us, brings to life an inquisitive young girl, her beloved aunt, and the alluring visitor who changes the course of their destiny forever. In the summer of 1938, Layla Beck's father, a United States senator, cuts off her allowance and demands that she find employment on the Federal Writers' Project, a New Deal jobs program. Within days, Layla finds herself far from her accustomed social whirl, assigned to cover the history of the remote mill town of Macedonia, West Virginia, and destined, in her opinion, to go completely mad with boredom. But once she secures a room in the home of the unconventional Romeyn family, she is drawn into their complex world and soon discovers that the truth of the town is entangled in the thorny past of the Romeyn dynasty. At the Romeyn house, twelve-year-old Willa is desperate to learn everything in her quest to acquire her favorite virtues of ferocity and devotion--a search that leads her into a thicket of mysteries, including the questionable business that occupies her charismatic father and the reason her adored aunt Jottie remains unmarried. Layla's arrival strikes a match to the family veneer, bringing to light buried secrets that will tell a new tale about the Romeyns. As Willa peels back the layers of her family's past, and Layla delves deeper into town legend, everyone involved is transformed--and their personal histories completely rewritten. Praise for The Truth According to Us "As delightfully eccentric as Guernsey yet refreshingly different . . . an epic but intimate family novel with richly imagined characters . . . Willa's indomitable spirit, keen sense of adventure and innate intelligence reminded me of two other motherless girls in literature: Scout Finch in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and Flavia de Luce in Alan Bradley's big-hearted British mystery series." -- The Washington Post " The Truth According to Us has all the characteristics of a great summer read: A plot that makes you want to keep turning the pages; a setting that makes you feel like you're inhabiting another time and place; and characters who become people you're sad to leave behind--and thus who always stay with you." -- Miami Herald "It takes a brave author to make the heroine of a new novel an observant and feisty girl . . . like Scout Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird . . . . But Barrows . . . has created a believable and touching character in Willa." -- USA Today " A] heartwarming coming-of-age novel that] sparkles with folksy depictions of a tight-knit family and life in a small town . . . full of richly drawn, memorable characters." -- The Seattle Times "A big, juicy family saga with warm humor and tragic twists . . . The story gets more and more absorbing as it moves briskly along." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Annie Barrows leaves no doubt that she is a storyteller of rare caliber, with wisdom and insight to spare. Every page rings like a bell." --Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife, From the co-author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society comes a wise, witty, and exuberant novel, perfect for fans of Lee Smith, that illuminates the power of loyalty and forgiveness, memory and truth, and the courage it takes to do what's right. Annie Barrows once again evokes the charm and eccentricity of a small town filled with extraordinary characters. Her new novel, The Truth According to Us, brings to life an inquisitive young girl, her beloved aunt, and the alluring visitor who changes the course of their destiny forever. In the summer of 1938, Layla Beck's father, a United States senator, cuts off her allowance and demands that she find employment on the Federal Writers' Project, a New Deal jobs program. Within days, Layla finds herself far from her accustomed social whirl, assigned to cover the history of the remote mill town of Macedonia, West Virginia, and destined, in her opinion, to go completely mad with boredom. But once she secures a room in the home of the unconventional Romeyn family, she is drawn into their complex world and soon discovers that the truth of the town is entangled in the thorny past of the Romeyn dynasty. At the Romeyn house, twelve-year-old Willa is desperate to learn everything in her quest to acquire her favorite virtues of ferocity and devotion--a search that leads her into a thicket of mysteries, including the questionable business that occupies her charismatic father and the reason her adored aunt Jottie remains unmarried. Layla's arrival strikes a match to the family veneer, bringing to light buried secrets that will tell a new tale about the Romeyns. As Willa peels back the layers of her family's past, and Layla delves deeper into town legend, everyone involved is transformed--and their personal histories completely rewritten. Praise for The Truth According to Us "As delightfully eccentric as Guernsey yet refreshingly different . . . an epic but intimate family novel with richly imagined characters, an intriguing plot and the social sensibilities you would expect of a story set in the South . . . Willa's indomitable spirit, keen sense of adventure and innate intelligence reminded me of two other motherless girls in literature: Scout Finch in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and Flavia de Luce in Alan Bradley's big-hearted British mystery series. . . . Just as we did in Guernsey, we empathize with the characters as if they're our neighbors." -- The Washington Post "In The Truth According to Us, Annie Barrows leaves no doubt that she is a storyteller of rare caliber, with wisdom and insight to spare. As she subtly unpacks the emotional intricacies of the Romeyn family and their small West Virginia town in the wake of the Great Depression, we're struck by the slipperiness of history--how the stories we tell each other and ourselves often demand to be interrogated; how the things we're driven know about our families, our towns, our closest intimates, will always change us, sometimes over and over. Barrows is at her best here. Every page rings like a bell." --Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife " The Truth According to Us is an irresistible novel, a sly charmer of a story about a small town in Depression-era West Virginia whose history is rewritten by a debutante on the run. Family histories, too, are unraveled, but mended by the fierce, strong women who dominate this delightful page-turner, a tribute to the power of love and forgiveness to heal even the most heartbreaking betrayals." --Melanie Benjamin, author of The Aviator's Wife
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PS3602.A8373T78 2015
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