In Literacy and Longing in L.A., hailed as βthe most delightful read of the yearβ by Liz Smith inthe New York Post, authors Jennifer Kaufman and Karen Mack captivated readers with a brilliantly imagined first novel. Now Kaufman and Mack return, introducing a character with a unique voice youβll never forget: Cassie Shaw, an irrepressible young woman who reinvents herselfβwith unexpected consequencesβin a funny, wise, and utterly original novel about friendship, love, wildlife, and other forces of nature.
One of her new bosses is Professor William Conner, a sexy, handsome, cheerfully aristocratic expert in animal behavior. Soon, under Connerβs charismatic tutelage, Cassie carefully begins her personal transformation while meeting the kind of people who donβt flock to wildlife preservesβfrom impossibly brilliant academics to adorably spoiled college boys. But her futureβand unlikely new careerβis teetering on one unbearable untruth. And Cassieβs masquerade is about to come undoneβ¦in a chain of events that will transform her lifeβand the lives of those around herβforever.
A novel for late bloomers of every exotic shade and stripe,A Version of the Truth is pure entertainmentβat once hilarious and wry, lyrical and uplifting.
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