Almost True

by Jan Rehner

Fiction. Women's Studies. ALMOST TRUE is the story of an extraordinary friendship among four women living in a small village in Burgundy during World War II. Madeleine, the eccentric village beauty, is a spinner of stories and dreams. Léa, the doctor's daughter, is brave and resourceful. Simone, the outsider from Paris, has a secret of her own to hide, and the hardworking and practical Eugénie struggles to keep her vineyard alive. When Eugénie's younger brother, the reckless and handsome Gaston, is suddenly missing, the village buzzes with rumour. All four women think they know the true story of Gaston's fate, and each of them is wrong. But the truth will bind them together forever.

216 pages, Paperback

Published May 15, 2018

About the author

Jan Rehner has published poetry, literary criticism, a feminist analysis of infertility, and a text on critical thinking. Her novel, Just Murder, won the 2004 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Crime Novel. Her second mystery, On Pain of Death, is set in France during World War II and was be published by Sumach Press in Fall, 2007. She lives in Toronto and teaches Professional and Academic writing at York University.

Awards:
Arthur Ellis Award
◊ Best First Novel (2004): Just Murder

Reviews

[Wendy · Rating 4 out of 5]

The perfect antidote to Michael Ondaatje's Warlight.