2017 BEST BOOK AWARDS FINALIST for BEST COVER: FICTION
Cover Illustration: Debra Lill
Cover Design: Rebecca Lown
DEBUT NOVEL EARNS MULTIPLE HONORS
BEST NEW FICTION 2017 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS
GOLD MEDAL BEST REGIONAL FICTION (SOUTHEAST) 2017 INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER BOOK AWARDS
WINNER REGIONAL FICTION (SOUTHEAST) 2017 NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARD
2017 KINDLE BOOK AWARDS SEMI-FINALIST LITERARY FICTION
2017 WINNER BOOKVANA AWARDS FOR LITERARY FICTION
MCP AUTHOR AWARDS 2017 GRAND PRIZE WINNER
GRAND PRIZE 2017 GREAT SOUTHEAST BOOK FESTIVAL
SOUTHERN BOOK PRIZE NOMINEE 2017
FINALIST BEST NEW FICTION 2017 NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARD
When ten-year old Genevieve Donovan's Nannie dies mysteriously in the Lowcountry river she's loved and lived near all her life, Genny and her family are heartbroken. In 1960s South Carolina, new industry is encroaching on old country, and Genny fears her grandmother may have gotten in the way of so-called progress... read more
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“The Truthful Story is a wonder. Like the Lowcountry river that nurtures and sustains young Genevieve Donovan—and takes the life of her beloved Nannie—this debut novel runs deep and even dark. But the light shines in the darkness, and Helen Stine’s gentle humor, uncanny insight, and quiet wisdom shine through every page of this book, carried along on a stream of luminous prose. The 1960s South she recreates is one born of rapturous memory, painful reflection, and an artist’s imagination and love. Most significantly, Stine gives us the great gift of Genny Donovan, a character who set up residence in my heart the same way Jean Louise Finch did so many years ago. I have a feeling that, like Scout, she will live there forever.”