Description
Fiction. Women's Studies. ALMOST TRUE is the story of an extraordinary friendship among four women living in a small village in Burgundy during World War II. Madeleine, the eccentric village beauty, is a spinner of stories and dreams. Léa, the doctor's daughter, is brave and resourceful. Simone, the outsider from Paris, has a secret of her own to hide, and the hardworking and practical Eugénie struggles to keep her vineyard alive. When Eugénie's younger brother, the reckless and handsome Gaston, is suddenly missing, the village buzzes with rumour. All four women think they know the true story of Gaston's fate, and each of them is wrong. But the truth will bind them together forever.
Author Bio
Jan Rehner lives in Toronto and recently retired as University Professor from the Writing Department at York University. She has published four previous novels, Just Murder (2003), winner of the 2004 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Crime Novel in Canada; On Pain of Death (2007), 2008 winner, IPPY Bronze Medal; MISSING MATISSE (Inanna Publications, 2011); ALMOST TRUE (Inanna Publications, 2018); and THE HOUSE OF IZIEU (Inanna Publications, 2020). Her current novel, THE HOUSE OF IZIEU, based on an actual event in World War II, is a moving account of the heroic efforts of Sabine Zlatin and a small group of friends to save the lives of Jewish children hiding from Nazi persecution. When she is not writing, Jan enjoys travelling and photography.
Author City: TORONTO, ON CAN