That Part Was True

Light, quick read that made me want to cook - until I remembered I don't like to cook.......more

This was a perfectly pleasant story about a man and a woman and their correspondence about life and food and how it gives both of them the strength to make the changes they need to make in their lives. I saw a lot of comparisons to The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society, but there was nowhe......more

[URL not allowed] 3,4 I enjoyed reading this, I felt a great empathy for Eve, she's a lot like me character, lives in anxiety, love to cook and read, I think it describes me perfectly. I don't think it's a book very pretentious, it is a simple, very real history, problems and common stori......more

I first read this in June 2017. I am now bringing my review to Goodreads. Publishers Weekly said: "Readers will appreciate the way McKinlay captures emotional truths." Premise: This pleasant novel revolves around the relationship that develops when Eve, a lonely British divorcee, writes a short fan......more

I received a copy of this book for free through Goodreads First Reads. How do you take a simple, ordinary, every day storyline and turn it into something spectacular? Ask Deborah McKinlay. She knows. "That Part Was True" is an amazing journey of "normal", told in such a real way that you can't help bu......more