In the News
2025 American Legacy Book Awards honors The Truthful Story with Finalist Award for Literary Fiction
https://www.AmericanLegacyAwards.com
The Truthful Story honored as the Best Book Awards Finalist for "Best Cover Design: Fiction."
http://americanbookfest.com/2017bbafullresults.html
The Truthful Story Named Kindle Book Awards Semi-Finalist for Literary Fiction
https://www.thekindlebookreview.net/2017-kindle-book-award…
The Truthful Story Wins The Bookvana Awards for Literary Fiction
http://www.bookvana.com/2017awardpressrelease.html
Author Event: Helen Stine shares The Truthful Story at Bards Alley Bookstore/Cafe & Wine Bar on August 11 at 7p.m. in Vienna, VA.
http://www.bardsalley.com/author-appearances/
Best New Fiction International Book Awards goes to The Truthful Story!
http://www.internationalbookawards.com/2017awardannouncement.html
First Annual MCP Author Awards: Grand Prize Winners include The Truthful Story
https://www.mcpauthorawards.com/winners/2017-july.html
The Truthful Story wins the Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) Gold Medal for Best Regional Fiction: Southeast
http://www.ippyawards.com/126/medalists/2017-medalists/regional-and-ebook
The Truthful Story wins the Indie Excellence Awards for Best Regional Fiction: Southeast and Finalist for Best New Fiction
https://www.indieexcellence.com/11th-annual-winners-80-120
The Truthful Story makes the Southern Book Prize 2017 Long List!
https://www.sibaweb.com/siba-news/651-the-2017-southern-book-prize-long-long-looooong-list
Grand Prize: Great Southeast Book Festival Names The Truthful Story for top honors
http://www.greatsoutheastbookfestival.com/
Debut Novel is Deep, Dark and Luminous
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. http://www.lcweekly.com/books/4495-debut-novel-is-deep-dark-and-luminous
Daily Blog: Review: The Truthful Story
I love supporting fellow military wives. Even though my husband is out of the Air Force now, I believe I will always be a military wife in my heart. And Helen Stine is just that. A military wife, author, film producer, and southern bred woman. http://flakymn.blogspot.com/2016/10/review-truthful-story.html
Palm Beach Free Press
Moss-draped trees, deep winding rivers, rich family traditions, and whispers of heartache and pain are all part of Charleston, SC and the Southern Lowcountry’s hauntingly beautiful landscape. The new book, The Truthful Story by Helen Stine, is part memoir and part fiction and is a tribute to the land and people who shaped her life. Stine’s book hits store shelves on October 1, 2016. Set in the 1960’s... READ MORE
Audiobook Narrator Announced
Announcing Jenna Lamia, actress, writer and award-winning audiobook narrator (The Secret Life of Bees, The Help, The Invention of Wings, Girl with A Pearl Earring, to name a few...) is the narrator for the audiobook The Truthful Story. To learn more about Jenna and her work, CLICK HERE.
Daily Mom Lifestyle Magazine
If you've ever visited Charleston or just appreciate a good Southern novel, you should add The Truthful Story to your reading list. Stine creates a vivid setting, quickly drawing you into the Lowcountry and onto Gibson Island.Using strong women rooted in the land and in generations past, she demonstrates the powerful relationship between mothers and their children. As a mother, your heart will break for Genny, and as a daughter, you'll understand Genny's longing for her lost grandmother and her desperate need to connect with her mother. The slowly-building suspense will keep you reading to the end. The Truthful Story is a novel about the deep roots that help relationships survive pain and loss… (DailyMom.com)