Deep Down True

Name: Deep Down True
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Juliette Fay
ISBN: 9781441788443

Author: Juliette Fay

Narrator: Robynn Rodriguez

Unabridged: 14 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 01/25/2011

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

From the author ofShelter Me, a novel about having your heart in the right place even when everything else isnt Newly divorced Dana Stellgarten has always been unfailingly niceeven to telemarketersbut now her patience is wearing thin. Money is tight, her kids are reeling from their dads departure, and her goth teenage niece has just landed on her doorstep. As she enters the slipstream of postdivorce romance and is befriended by the town queen bee, Dana finds that the tension between being true to yourself and being liked doesnt end in middle schooland that sometimes it takes a real friend to help you embrace adulthood in all its flawed complexity.

About Juliette Fay

Juliette Fay is the bestselling author of seven novels, including THE HALF OF IT, CATCH US WHEN WE FALL, CITY OF FLICKERING LIGHT and THE TUMBLING TURNER SISTERS, a USA Today bestseller and Costco Pennie’s Book Club Pick. Previous novels include THE SHORTEST WAY HOME, one of Library Journal’s Top 5 Best Books of 2012: Women’s Fiction; DEEP DOWN TRUE, short-listed for the 2011 Women’s Fiction award by the American Library Association; and SHELTER ME, a 2009 Massachusetts Book Award “Must-Read Book” and an Indie Next pick.Juliette is a graduate of Boston College and Harvard University, and lives in Massachusetts with her family. Visit her at www.juliettefay.com, Facebook: Juliette Fay author, Twitter: @juliettefay, and Instagram: Juliette_Fay.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jacki (Julia Flyte) on May 21, 2012

This is the story of Dana, the recently divorced mother of two children, who is struggling to come to terms with her newly single status. Over the course of the book she goes from being hurt and raw to finding a way for her and her children to move forward. She has to assume responsibility for herse......more

Goodreads review by Lenore on January 18, 2011

In Deep Down True feels like your reading your own inner diary. Not so much the events as much as the feelings. We are all still sorta like a awkward 13 year old inside. Praying to be accepted by others. Wanting to show our independence and being fearful of not achieving just that. Even as grown wom......more

Goodreads review by Laura Kay on May 03, 2011

Dana Stellgarten, is a newly divorced mom trying to balance all the things in her life her kids, her ex-husband, her daughter’s eating disorder, dating, friendships, working, and family. This is simply no easy task. Dana has this very sweet personality and wants to be nice to everyone. She even make......more