"It opens in a small Irish town in the 1960s with the accidental death of a teenage boy who commits one final, heartrending act of love." "Then: three brilliantly realized voices - the boy's mother, his older sister, a German expat neighbor - speak the story into existence. Their descriptions of the
The truth about love: a novel
โ Scribed by Josephine Hart
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group;Alfred A. Knopf
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 113 KB
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
The accidental death of a teenage boy has a profound effect on a small Irish town in this compelling new novel from the bestselling author of Damage. As Sissy, the boy's mother, struggles to overcome her senseless loss, her daughter, Olivia, works to keep her brother's memory alive in a swiftly changing country. And Thomas'known as "The German" to his neighbors'is drawn into the family's grief, forcing him to confront the past that has brought him to Ireland and a new crossroads. A brilliant meditation on love, loss, and the beauty of living even when times are tough, The Truth About Love shows us how men and women are shaped by tragedy, by their inherent characters, and by what they are able to learn from one another. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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