The Truth According to Us
by:
Annie Barrows (author)
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...
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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.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780385342940 (0385342942)
ASIN: 385342942
Publish date: 2015-06-09
Publisher: Random House
Pages no: 512
Edition language: English
I am stingy with five-star reviews, but I loved The Truth According to Us. Having grown up in the South, Barrows' characters ring true. The intimacy in the long-standing relationships between them is a joy to experience, and Willa's voice could not be more perfect.Although the cast of characters is ...
I chose this book from NetGalley because I am a fan of Annie Barrows. I appreciated the lovely job she did finishing the manuscript for her aunt on The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, but before this, my daughters and I had read many of the Ivy and Bean books, and also particularly lo...
The Truth According To Us, Annie Barrows, read by Ann Marie Lee, Tara Sands, Julia Whelan and others. There are two tales interwoven into this book; one takes place in 1938 and the other in 1920. Twelve year old Willa Romeyn, a precocious, curious young preteen, who narrates the story, and Layla Bec...
Started slow, then I loved it and was totally caught in its web, then the last 2 or so chapters brought it down to 4 stars, because I have some Personal Opinions about what the author chose to do (or I guess what the characters did?) but I am not going to spoil anything by going into it.I will say t...
Started slow, then I loved it and was totally caught in its web, then the last 2 or so chapters brought it down to 4 stars, because I have some Personal Opinions about what the author chose to do (or I guess what the characters did?) but I am not going to spoil anything by going into it.I will say t...