"My life was close to being perfect until my brother Alex got killed. Then my mother started drinking and my father started having sex with Donna, my best friend's stepmother. She's not even thirty years old."
With an equal mix of joy and sorrow, All That's True follows Andi's poignant-and sometimes laugh out loud-journey to young adulthood, where she struggles with the elusive nature of truth and the devastating consequences of deception.
My thoughts
Andi is a young Southern girl from a well-to-do family that has to deal with so much in this coming of age story. After her brother dies (this is where the story begins), her mother starts drinking and her father has an affair with a neighbor. Her sister is preparing for her own wedding; he dead brother’s girlfriend is pregnant with his child and Andi thinks she is in love at the age of thirteen. For such a young girl, she has to deal with so much in a short period of time. I found Andi to be fresh and genuine and Mile’s writing not too sappy. Adolescence is tough and she captures the angst of such a rite of passage.
Disclosure: I received this book for review from the publisher. I received no compensation for my thoughts.
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