num_pages: 256
description: Ellen Gulden leaves her life as a successful New York journalist, to return home and care for her mother Kate diagnosed with cancer. for her. In the short time they have left, the relationship between mother and daughter - tender, awkward and revealing - deepens, and Ellen is forced to confront painful truths about her adored father. After Kate's death, Ellen goes from devoted daughter to prime suspect, accused of the mercy killing.
language: English
title: One True Thing
titlecomplete: One True Thing
genres: Family, Fiction, Contemporary, Drama, Chick Lit, Adult, Book Club, Adult Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 38756
places: Langhorne, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
publisher: Random House UK