The Truth According to Us
by Annie Barrows
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Pub Date 18 Jun 2015 | Archive Date 24 Sep 2015
Random House UK, Transworld Publishers | Doubleday
Description
BY THE CO-AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY.
There are small towns in America that never seem to change, places where time holds still, and where nothing has or will – ever - happen.
This is a lie.
Summer, 1938: the small town of Macedonia, West Virginia, is celebrating its 150th anniversary, to be commemorated with parades, picnics, and most importantly, a book recounting its history. Its reluctant author, the debutante Miss Layla Beck, recently disinherited by her father, arrives in town with one goal – to get out of it as quickly as possible.
Macedonia’s history seems simple enough - brief and uneventful. Then Layla meets the Romeyns: Jottie, Willa, Felix, Emmett, a family at once entertaining, eccentric, seductive, and inextricably bound up in Macedonia’s most well-kept historical secret – a secret yet to be told.
Annie Barrows’ THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO US will spirit you away into a town from a by-gone age, where customs and habits may be different, but where the hearts of its inhabitants, both dark and loving, remain recognisable to all.
There are small towns in America that never seem to change, places where time holds still, and where nothing has or will – ever - happen.
This is a lie.
Summer, 1938: the small town of Macedonia, West Virginia, is celebrating its 150th anniversary, to be commemorated with parades, picnics, and most importantly, a book recounting its history. Its reluctant author, the debutante Miss Layla Beck, recently disinherited by her father, arrives in town with one goal – to get out of it as quickly as possible.
Macedonia’s history seems simple enough - brief and uneventful. Then Layla meets the Romeyns: Jottie, Willa, Felix, Emmett, a family at once entertaining, eccentric, seductive, and inextricably bound up in Macedonia’s most well-kept historical secret – a secret yet to be told.
Annie Barrows’ THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO US will spirit you away into a town from a by-gone age, where customs and habits may be different, but where the hearts of its inhabitants, both dark and loving, remain recognisable to all.
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Advance Praise
Charming,
nostalgic, warm-hearted big-scale novel about a small community of
eccentric characters and the secrets they keep - an immersive read
perfect for bookclubs.
Charming, nostalgic, warm-hearted big-scale novel about a small community of eccentric characters and the secrets they keep - an immersive read perfect for bookclubs.
Marketing Plan
The long-awaited new novel from the co-author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: a wise and charming story of loyalty and forgiveness, memory and truth, and the courage it takes to do what’s right.
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Annie Barrows is the co-author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, an international bestseller that was named one of the ten best books of the year by Time. In her latest novel, The Truth According to Us, she once again evokes the charm and eccentricity of a small town filled with extraordinary characters, troubled by a long-held mystery. Annie Barrows lives in California.
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Annie Barrows is the co-author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, an international bestseller that was named one of the ten best books of the year by Time. In her latest novel, The Truth According to Us, she once again evokes the charm and eccentricity of a small town filled with extraordinary characters, troubled by a long-held mystery. Annie Barrows lives in California.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780857523273 |
| PRICE | £14.99 (GBP) |
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