The Truth According to Us A Novel

Annie Barrows, Lincoln Hoppe, Paul Michael, Linda Montana, Arthur Morey, Ann Marie Lee, Tara Sands, Julia Whelan, Cassandra Campbell, Danny Campbell, Mark Deakins, Kimberly Farr, Kirby Heyborne

eAudio - 2015

From the co-author 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. Wit...hin 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,... more