by Annie Barrows
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...
The "Us" in The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows is primarily the Romeyn family, long time residents of Macedonia, West Virginia, and Layla Beck, the outsider who comes into their midst. What works in this book is the historical background, the setting, and the quirky characters. What doesn't ...
Punished by her rich Senator father for not marrying the man he wants her to, a young girl is sent packing to a very, very small town in West Virginia. Her job is to write a history book for the town's upcoming sesquicentennial. After she arrives she is introduced to a whole new kind of people. And ...
Title: The Truth According to UsAuthor: Annie BarrowsPublisher: Random HouseReviewed By: Arlena DeanRating: FiveReview:"The Truth According To Us" by Annie BarrowsWhat I liked about the novel....This was a very well written story of just how secrets were kept in this Depression era West Virginia tow...
“The history of a city was like the history of a family—there is closeness and even affection, but death eventually separates everyone from each other."--John Irving, The World According to Garp The Truth According to Us finds Layla Beck, a disowned socialite, working on relief for the WPA to writ...
"The Truth According to Us" is really two stories: how 12-year-old Willa Romeyn starts snooping through her family's secrets, and how well-to-do Layla Beck gets by on relief as an employer of the WPA's Writers Project during the Depression. Both stories are delightfully told, and make the novel an e...
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