A review by janewhitehurst
The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows

4.0

The Truth According to Us is great historical fiction. It would be a good book club pick as well. At the start of the novel, Layla Beck, the wealthy daughter of a senator, is made to take a job with the WPA writing the history of the small town Macedonia, West Virginia. She stays at a boarding house run by Jottie Romeyn, her twin sisters, and her playboy brother, Felix. Layla soon becomes privy to all of the history, gossip, and mysteries of the Romeyn family and the town of Macedonia and falls in love with Felix. The novel is told from many points of view, but my favorite was Willa, Jottie's eleven year old niece, who was desperately trying to unearth the family secrets and the truth behind a tragedy involving her father, Felix. I thought the characters were well-developed and I found myself engrossed in the story. I listened to this on audio, and the different voices for each character really added to the experience.