The Truth According To Us - Softcover

"A beguiling novel of small-town friendship and finding yourself." (Good Housekeeping, ONES TO WATCH)

"The perfect read" (Elle Magazine)

"In The Truth According to Us, Annie Barrows leaves no doubt that she is a storyteller of rare caliber, with wisdom and insight to spare. As she subtly unpacks the emotional intricacies of the Romeyn family and their small West Virginia town in the wake of the Great Depression, we’re struck by the slipperiness of history―how the stories we tell each other and ourselves often demand to be interrogated; how the things we’re driven to know about our families, our towns, our closest intimates, will always change us, sometimes over and over. Barrows is at her best here. Every page rings like a bell." (Paula McLain, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife)

"An epic but intimate family novel with richly imagined characters, an intriguing plot and the social sensibilities you would expect of a story set in the South ... sizzling." (Washington Post)

"Barrows, who co-wrote the surprise bestseller The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2008), takes a similarly panoramic approach to the insular hamlet of Macedonia, West Virginia, using multiple points of view with epistolary interludes...[T]his unique corner of Americana―a mélange of Yankee and Southern cultures―is re-created as vividly as the very different Anglo-European milieu of Guernsey. Undeniably entertaining." (Kirkus)

By the co-author of the book behind the new film The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.

The New York Times no. 1 bestselling author

'Utterly enthralling' Daily Express

WHAT READERS SAY:

'Definite echoes of Harper Lee! Very well written, using different styles of delivery that really help develop the characters. I enjoyed this book thoroughly'

'An unexpected gem'

'I couldn't put this book down from the moment I started reading it. The characters are so real that one longs to spend some time in the Romeyn household in the company of these warm, colourful and complex people'

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Miss Layla Beck despises small-town life

After refusing to marry the man her rich father has picked for her, Layla is banished to the remote town of Macedonia, West Virginia, a place where nothing important ever happens - or so she thinks.
Tasked to write down the history of the town, Layla meets the seductive Romeyn clan. As she peels back the layers of family feuds and deceit, she discovers to her cost an unknown story far darker than she could ever have imagined.

The smallest towns have the biggest secrets.