From the Kitchen of Half Truth
Meg May, a genetics student, has always taken extreme comfort in the world of science. Facts are facts, laws are laws, and imagination has no place in the laboratory. Meg wasn’t always so levelheaded. Growing up with a mother who invented stories about everything from garden fairies to Meg’s own upbringing, Meg has only been able to piece together a few details about her father and where she grew up, but hardly anything else. When her mother becomes very sick, it’s up to Meg to figure out how much of her history she’s willing to uncover and how many of her mother’s fantastic stories may have held a shred of truth. Fans of Sarah Dessen and Carol Cassella will appreciate Goodin’s clear, lyrical prose and will relate to stubborn, strong-willed Meg. Peppered with fantastically descriptive stories from Meg’s childhood, Goodin’s debut novel focuses on identity, independence, and the importance of imagination. Funny, tender, quirky, and heartfelt, From the Kitchen of Half Truth is for anyone who has daydreamed about the future or been shocked to find something unexpected in the past. --Stephanie Turza