
The Truth According to Us
A Novel
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Annie Barrows
From the coauthor 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, 12-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.
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Great read!
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There Is One Word For This Story
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The readers were excellent as well.
Well written and well read.
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Great story and great narration
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The only thing I felt was a little jarring was the transition between narrators, but the story was so good that I consider that a minor point.
After listening to the book, I'm going to read the print version. I hardly ever do that. I either listen or read - that's how good this book is!
Great book!
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Not bad... not great, but not bad
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Would you listen to The Truth According to Us again? Why?
I'm not one to read a book more than once generally so probably not, but I enjoyed it enough that if I were to choose one to listen to a second time, this would be it.What did you like best about this story?
You came to care about the characters and the mystery was engrossing. I loved the perspectives of the child and the outsider.Have you listened to any of the narrators’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
No, but I would again.Loved this audibook - the narration was excellent!
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Would you consider the audio edition of The Truth According to Us to be better than the print version?
I personally loved all the voices - it gave the story a richness - but I'm sure the print version is also great. I hope audible continues to use multiple voices. One person often cannot carry the load of all the characters.Who was your favorite character and why?
Toss up between Willa and Jottie. Or maybe Emmett! Willa is pure and smart and lovely. Jottie is hilarious and loving and someone you might want to call your friend.Any additional comments?
I had to sit with the ending fort a while before I agreed with it. Of course it had to be that way...but I wish things had turned out differently. I was disappointed there was no mention of Layla/Felix/Emmett in the epilogue. I think how that relationship was handled needed to be addressed.Told in a myriad of voices - at last!
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Wonderful
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Highly highly recommend
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