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Truthful Story
Truthful Story | Helen Stine
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When ten-year-old Genevieve Donovan's Nannie dies mysteriously in the Lowcountry river she's loved and lived near all her life, Genny and her family are heartbroken. In 1960s South Carolina, new industry is encroaching on old country, and Genny fears her grandmother may have gotten in the way of so-called progress. Even Daduh, Nannie's dearest friend and longtime housekeeper, doesn't know what to make of Nannie's death. Was it an accident, or did the drunkard son of a local businessman play a role? What's more, ever since Nannie passed, Genny has been hearing and seeing things she's not sure she can share with anyone except her mother, whose own grief is making it harder and harder to get through to her. Seeking answers, longing for guidance, and unsure if Mama will ever be the same again, Genny gingerly forges a path out of childhood and into adolescence. As Genny struggles to understand justice, healing, and a world in which Nannie is gone but still present, The Truthful Story traces a family's difficult journey through the pain of loss and the survival of love.
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Karisa 😂😂😂💗 3y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa 🤣😂🤣😂👍 Looks about right! 7y
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Truth

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Well-ReadNeck
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Truth ☺️

'Nite all!! 😴📚

Megabooks 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 8y
ReadingSusan 🤣🤣 8y
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BookishMarginalia
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This debut novel is set in the South Carolina Lowcountry during the mid-1960's. Gennie has always been close to her grandmother, and when Nannie dies suddenly, eleven year old Gennie begins to see and hear her as the family gift of second sight awakens in her. Although sometimes uneven, this is a lovely story of a girl and a family coming to terms with loss, sprinkled with a little magical realism and a lot of Southern charm. 3.5 🌟

ReadingEnvy Sounds good! I love books set in the low country. 8y
Leelee.reads Great review! 8y
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BookishMarginalia
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I just finished reading this quiet, lovely, very Southern story of what happens to an eleven year old girl when she loses her beloved grandmother and acquires the "family" gift of second sight. It's newly published and available FREE with Kindle Unlimited (plus the added audio is a steal at $3.47). Check it out; you might like it!

Mimi28 I subscribe to kindle unlimited I think all the Harry Potter books are on there for free! I also saw the Wayward Pines series. Lots of good stuff on there 👍📚 8y
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The narrator on how she and her grandmother would sit among the books in her grandma's library and select a new one to read.💜🤓 (Pay no attention to the weird formatting; this is a #NetGalley eARC, not the published novel.)

JoRead Nothing like the smell of a book. Something an ebook reader cannot give you 😋😉 8y
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BookishMarginalia
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#currentlyreading this lovely novel set in South Carolina's Lowcountry in the 1960s. So far, so good! (And isn't the cover just so evocative?)

Suelizbeth Reminds me of Anne Rivers Siddons' books. 8y
BookishMarginalia @Suelizbeth It has that vibe 8y
Zelma Yes, gorgeous cover! 8y
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