5-Star Review of "The Truth According to Us"
Review of The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows Evoking the same small town charm with the same great eye for character, the co-author of Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society finds her own voice in this debut novel about a young debutante working for the Federal Writer's Project whose arrival in Macedonia, West Virginia changes the course of history for a prominent family who has been sitting on a secret for decades. The Romeyn family is a fixture in the town, their identity tied to its knotty history. Layla enters their lives and lights a match to the family veneer and a truth comes to light that will change each of their lives forever. MY REVIEW: What a fascinating story! A family buried in secrets living in the 1930's amidst the small town life of Macedonia, West Virginia. The Romeyn family is filled with "real characters" with character flaws, faults, loves, hopes and dreams and secrets. Secrets that are ...