num_pages: 320
description: Ellen Gulden leaves her life as a successful New York journalist, to return home and care for her mother Kate diagnosed with cancer. 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: Drama, Adult, Chick Lit, Adult Fiction, Novels, Family, Literature, Contemporary, Fiction, Book Club
ratings_count: 38756
places: Langhorne, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks