{"id":47484,"date":"2020-11-13T11:12:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T16:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=47484"},"modified":"2020-11-05T10:42:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T15:42:29","slug":"true-story-by-kate-reed-petty-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/true-story-by-kate-reed-petty-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"True Story by Kate Reed Petty [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-47488\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/True-Story-Kate-Reed-Perry-BookDragon-530x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/True-Story-Kate-Reed-Perry-BookDragon-530x800.jpg 530w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/True-Story-Kate-Reed-Perry-BookDragon.jpg 662w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/>In a story of \u201cthey said, she heard, he believed, she can\u2019t remember,\u201d whom do you trust? Even the title misleads \u2013<em> True Story: A Novel<\/em> \u2013 while the final words confirm little: \u201cBut I\u2019m trusting you to see this is true &#8230; because I made it; because it\u2019s mine.\u201d What <em>is<\/em> true is that Kate Reed Petty\u2019s debut is an inventive m\u00e9lange of seemingly disparate genres \u2013 thriller, coming-of-age, memoir, film scripts \u2013 that meld into a biting narrative about the power of a single toxic story to reveal, destroy, and reinvent.<\/p>\n<p>Kristen Sieh opens as Alice in 2015 Barcelona, as Alice reveals her transformation from suburban Maryland teen to a ghostwriter living in Spain. Dovetailed with Alice\u2019s past is persuasive Alexander Cendese as Nick Brothers, who is destroyed by his loyalty to the misogynistic brotherhood that is his lacrosse team. Veteran Cassandra Campbell briefly (unnecessarily?) moonlights as Alice\u2019s college essay-writing tutor, as well as voices introductory and ending credits. Sieh and Cendese energetically cipher additional characters as relationships evolve and devolve over decades. What lingers are more questions than trustworthy answers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/True-Story-\/pid=9741310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">&#8220;Media,&#8221; <em>Booklist Online<\/em>, October 23, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Young Adult, Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a story of \u201cthey said, she heard, he believed, she can\u2019t remember,\u201d whom do you trust? 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