"A gripping, ripped-from-headlines tale." -- People "Spellbinding." --Megan Abbott, The New York Times Book Review Tracing the fifteen-year fallout of a toxic high school rumor, a riveting, astonishingly original debut novel about the power of stories--and who gets to tell them 2015 .
She lives in Baltimore..
Andrews in Scotland.
Brut , and Los Angeles Review of Books , and she has a master of letters from the University of St.
Her short fiction has been published in Electric Literature , American Short Fiction , Blackbird , Ambit , Nat.
About author(s): Kate Reed Petty has been recognized with a Narrative magazine 30 Below Award, as well as grants and scholarships from the Robert Deutsch Foundation, The Mount, Bloedel Reserve, and the Sewanee Writers Conference.
Ingeniously constructed and full of twists and turns that will keep you guessing until the final pages, it marks the debut of a singular and daring new voice in fiction.
When she finally gets the opportunity to confront the past she can\'t remember--but which has nevertheless shaped her life--will she take it? An inventive and breathtaking exploration of a woman finding her voice in the wake of trauma, True Story is part psychological thriller, part fever dream, and part timely comment on sexual assault, power, and the very nature of truth.
Nick descends into alcoholism, and Alice builds a life in fits and starts, underestimating herself and placing her trust in the wrong people.
But not everyone can.
The boys deny the allegations, and, eventually, the town moves on.
They\'re on top of the world--until two of his friends drive a passed-out girl home from of the team\'s legendary parties, and a rumor about what happened in the backseat spreads through the town like wildfire.
Nick Brothers and his lacrosse teammates return for their senior year at their wealthy Maryland high school as the reigning state champions. 1999 .
But she is haunted by the one Story she can\'t tell: the Story of, as she puts it, the things that happened while I was asleep.
A gifted and reclusive ghostwriter, Alice Lovett makes a living helping other people tell their stories. "A gripping, ripped-from-headlines tale." -- People "Spellbinding." --Megan Abbott, The New York Times Book Review Tracing the fifteen-year fallout of a toxic high school rumor, a riveting, astonishingly original debut novel about the power of stories--and who gets to tell them 2015
