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The Truth According to Us
- KateHubb
- Nov 2, 2016
- 1 min read
In depression-era West Virginia, history isn't just the past; it's who you believe.
Title: The Truth According to Us
Author: Annie Barrows
Pages: 486
Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction
Recommended: if you like a cute story or a Fannie Flagg novel
Song: "Truth" by Vaughn Penn
Quickie View
Native Senator's daughter Layla Beck is sent to Macedonia, West Virginia with one job: to write the history of the town. While boarding with the Romeyn family, Layla does some much-needed growing up and learns quickly that history (especially the scandalous type) is has more than one layer.
A Cute Story
I approach books with very little hesitation. Like so many things in my life, I jump in with gusto. The more I immersed myself in this one, the more I thought, "Hey, this is just like Guernsey!". It turns out that it has the same author. Just like its sister novel, "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society", this book is a good story about a single woman going to a small town to find herself and love. If you like one, you'll like the other. They are both feel-good books.
Audiobook
Since the book takes on different points of view, it's nice to have a multi-part cast. Each main narrator: Julia Whelan, Ann Marie Lee, and Tara Sands depicts their characters very well.
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