THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO US : A NOVEL
(Large Print)
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New York : Random House Large Print, [2015].
ISBN
9780804194938, 0804194939
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult | LARGE TYPE FICTION BARROWS, A. | On Shelf |
Forest Park Public Library - Stacks | LP FIC BARROWS | On Shelf |
Glen Ellyn Public Library - Large Type | FIC BARROWS, ANNIE | On Shelf |
Messenger Public Library of North Aurora - Adult Large Print Fiction | LP F BARROWS | On Shelf |
St. Charles Public Library District - Adult Large Print | LARGE PRINT FIC BARROWS | On Shelf |
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LC Subjects
Depressions -- 1929 -- West Virginia -- Fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Federal Writers' Project -- Fiction.
Historians -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Large type books.
Large type books.
Novels.
Preteen girls -- Fiction.
Single women -- Fiction.
Socialites -- Fiction.
West Virginia -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
West Virginia -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Federal Writers' Project -- Fiction.
Historians -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Large type books.
Large type books.
Novels.
Preteen girls -- Fiction.
Single women -- Fiction.
Socialites -- Fiction.
West Virginia -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
West Virginia -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Published
New York : Random House Large Print, [2015].
Format
Large Print
Physical Desc
752 pages (large print) : genealogical table ; 24 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780804194938, 0804194939
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 749-750).
Description
In the summer of 1938, Layla Beck's father, a United States senator, cuts off her allowance and demands that she find employment on the Federal Writers' Project, a New Deal jobs program. Within days, Layla finds herself far from her accustomed social whirl, assigned to cover the history of the remote mill town of Macedonia, West Virginia, and destined, in her opinion, to go completely mad with boredom. But once she secures a room in the home of the unconventional Romeyn family, she is drawn into their complex world and soon discovers that the truth of the town is entangled in the thorny past of the Romeyn dynasty. At the Romeyn house, twelve-year-old Willa is desperate to learn everything in her quest to acquire her favorite virtues of ferocity and devotion -- a search that leads her into a thicket of mysteries, including the questionable business that occupies her charismatic father and the reason her adored aunt Jottie remains unmarried. Layla's arrival strikes a match to the family veneer, bringing to light buried secrets that will tell a new tale about the Romeyns. As Willa peels back the layers of her family's past, and Layla delves deeper into town legend, everyone involved is transformed -- and their personal histories completely rewritten.
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LARGE PRINT
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Barrows, A. (2015). THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO US: A NOVEL (First large print edition.). Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Barrows, Annie. 2015. THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO US: A NOVEL. Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Barrows, Annie. THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO US: A NOVEL Random House Large Print, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Barrows, Annie. THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO US: A NOVEL First large print edition., Random House Large Print, 2015.
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