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The Truth About Her

By: Jacqueline Maley
Narrated by: Lara Robinson
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Summary

How can you write other people's stories, when you won't admit the truth of your own? 

Journalist and single mother Suzy Hamilton gets a shocking phone call one morning: the subject of one of her investigative exposés, 25-year-old wellness blogger Tracey Doran, has killed herself overnight.

Horrified by this news, she copes in the only way she knows how - throwing herself into work, looking after her young daughter and carrying on with two ill-advised affairs.

But no one can make their own story disappear, and soon Suzy’s life is spiralling into chaos: will it end in violence or redemption?

©2021 Jacqueline Maley (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

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"Read the first sentence of Jacqueline Maley's debut novel, and you will be in it until the end. Electrifying, deeply unsettling and so, so satisfying. And, if you've ever tried to manage the sharp end of a career with the blunt demands of parenthood, fiercely recognisable." (Meg Mason, author of Sorrow and Bliss)

"I loved The Truth About Her. It's an intelligent, compelling, nuanced tale of guilt, culpability, pride, shame and atonement. But most of all, it's a love letter to daughters, from the mothers who raise them. An astoundingly good debut." (Annabel Crabb)

"I loved The Truth About Her. I could not put it down - whip-smart, sexy and with so much heart - and god, that ending packed a punch. The sort of book that all mothers need to read." (Eliza Henry-Jones, author of In the Quiet and Ache)

"I raced through this compelling tale about shame, single motherhood, and the lies we tell ourselves and other people." (Daily Mail)

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Decent story, but I expected more.

Also wasn't a huge fan of the narrator. The story itself was okay, I think.

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Almost immediately I knew I had made a mistake getting this. But challenged myself to listen to the end. It never floated my boat - but others will probably like it. Story never really went anywhere. Narrator was OK but kept mispronouncing words. Glad I have finished it. Very unsatisfactory and abrupt ending.

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not great

never peaked.. still not sure what the story was actually about, would not recommend

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Absolutely Beautiful

I’m difficult to please but I loved this book. It’s beautifully written and perfectly performed. Definitely worth a credit.

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