This Much Is True

By: Jane Sanderson

Narrated by: Patricia Gallimore

Annie Doyle's husband, Vince, is in a care home with final-stage dementia. And after decades of deeply unhappy marriage, Annie can barely bring herself to care. But as the family gathers to see out Vince's final days, he utters a single word that will change the entire family forever: 'Martha'.

Who is Martha? And why is Annie so quick to dismiss the mention of her name? Annie's past is finally about to collide with her present, and there's no one - family member, friend, even her loyal dog, Finn - who won't be shaken to the core by her long-held secrets.

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Averaged

I was hopeful for this book. I was expecting the slow start, having read many of the reviews, but although I connected with the characters, the tidiness of the happy ending was just TOO neat. The events of the novel were shocking, but believable, so the neat-as-a-pin ending just didn’t work for me.