The Truth Club Synopsis
Has Sally Adams met her soul-mate? And if she has why did she run away from him and marry someone else? Now she can't forget the beautiful stranger she encountered at that party and he remembers her too. Why did he have to come back into her life just when she seems to have everything you need to be happy? She has good friends, an interesting job and a husband who says he loves her even though he never seems to be there when she really needs him. But he's sexy and kind and knows how to put up shelving. Isn't that enough? Perhaps, she thinks, the key to fulfilment lies not in the present, but in the past.
Over fifty years before, Sally's Great-Aunt DeeDee, the official black sheep of the family, disappeared, and Sally becomes determined to find her. As she unravels the intriguing mystery she also begins to learn more about her own heart's true desires, and that the secrets of happiness are often right in front of us...if only we could see them!
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" ...there are shades of an intense Anne Tyler novel about it...If The Truth Club were a dessert, it would be a tiramisu, multi-layered and definitely substantial with some surprising elements to it. Ultimately satisfying..." - "Evening Herald".
"It is a tour-de-force" - Katie Fforde.
"A novel which in turn had me laughing (aloud), entranced, and by the end, a little bit wiser than I was at the beginning." - "Ireland on Sunday".
"...a satisfying literary snack, but it's Ms Wynne-Jones's cutesy sense of humour that makes this book so tasty." - "The Sunday Independent".
"'Grace Wynne-Jones has written an entertaining, intelligent and genuinely funny story ...this is a great read, especially for commuters, guaranteed to shorten any journey." - "The Irish Times"
About Grace Wynne-jones
Grace Wynne-Jones was born and brought up in Ireland and has also lived in Africa, the US and England. She is the author of four critically acclaimed novels and her feature articles have appeared in many magazines and national papers in Ireland and in England. Below is an interview wth this author.
Grace Wynne-Jones has been described as a novelist who 'tells the truth about the human heart'. When 'Ordinary Miracles' was first published in 1996 it got into the bestseller list and received rave reviews. She also received heartfelt letters from readers. “Many of them had been through painful marriages like Jasmine, the heroine in the book. But lots more just enjoyed the novel's humorous honesty about, say, trying to get your partner to do some ironing or finding that sex is now below 'defrost mince' on the list of household chores†Grace laughs.
“People who enjoy my books like that the characters admit to having feelings many of us have but might never say†she continues..†Some people said 'how did you know that about me?' It's as though they thought I'd been spying on their marriages! They thought this because Jasmine tells it like it really is. Like many of us, she's got tired of pretending.â€
In the novel Jasmine becomes a 're-entry single' and 'Ordinary Miracles' itself has become a 're-entry book'. It's been unavailable for some years but has recently arrived back in the shops. Grace wrote it when she was about to turn forty, just like Jasmine in the novel.. “I strongly identified with her worries about that birthday†she admits. “Jasmine carries a book called 'No Need To Panic: Courageous Acts of Change In Women's Lives' in her handbag and tries not to get into too much of a tizz.†But when Jasmine's husband has an affair her quiet desperation gets rather noisy and she turns to an old schoolfriend, a pig, and a man called Charlie for help. “The pig is called Rosie and she likes watching Coronation Street†Grace reveals. “And Charlie is understanding and gorgeous. I fell in love with him myself!â€
And how does Grace feel about having such an honest heroine in her novel? “Well I had to get used to her truthfulness about everything, including very intimate details†Grace admits. “But that's why I grew so fond of her too. She gets propelled on an adventure even though she feels she should go around wearing L plates. She learns about love and she discovers a great deal about herself and life's many 'ordinary miracles'."
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