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The dramatic death of a teenage boy in a small 1960s Irish community finds the youth's mother struggling through her grief with the help of her family, his sister embracing her memories to shield herself from the intensity of her feelings, and their German ex-pat neighbor sympathetically meditating on the wider implications of loss. Reprint.
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The accidental death of a teenage boy has a profound effect on a small Irish town in this compelling new novel from the bestselling author of Damage. As Sissy, the boy’s mother, struggles to overcome her senseless loss, her daughter, Olivia, works to keep her brother’s memory alive in a swiftly changing country. And Thomas—known as “The German” to his neighbors—is drawn into the family’s grief, forcing him to confront the past that has brought him to Ireland and a new crossroads. A brilliant meditation on love, loss, and the beauty of living even when times are tough, The Truth About Love shows us how men and women are shaped by tragedy, by their inherent characters, and by what they are able to learn from one another.
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