{"product_id":"the-truth-about-ava-d-austin-9798180757968","title":"The Truth About Ava","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome secrets do not stay buried. Some storms do not end when the sky clears.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSixteen-year-old Ava Carter has spent most of her life believing she knows the truth about her family. Her mother is exhausted, guarded, and full of stories she refuses to tell. Her father is gone. Her childhood is a blur of missing pieces, unanswered questions, and feelings Ava has never been able to explain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe has learned how to survive by staying quiet, keeping people at a distance, and pretending she is fine. Fine is easy. Fine keeps adults from asking questions. Fine keeps the walls from cracking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when a school record reveals strange gaps in Ava's past, everything she thought she knew begins to unravel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA hidden box. A forgotten photograph. A locked journal. A storage unit filled with memories she does not remember. Piece by piece, Ava discovers that her childhood was not what she was told.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere was a grandmother who loved her fiercely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere was a farmhouse where she once felt safe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere was a family who never forgot her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd there was a father who may have been closer than she ever imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the truth rises to the surface, Ava is forced to confront the pain of what was hidden from her and the people who kept those secrets. Her mother's silence. Her father's absence. Her grandmother's love. Her own anger. None of it is simple, and none of it can be fixed with one conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Ava finally meets the family she never knew she had, she expects answers. What she finds is more complicated: love, regret, grief, and a place at a table that has been waiting for her all along.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut belonging does not erase the damage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnger sends Ava running. Grief nearly breaks her. And the harder people try to love her, the more terrified she becomes that love is just another thing that can disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the help of her loyal best friend Maya, the truth left behind by Grandma Rose, and the slow courage to face her mother's past, Ava begins to understand something powerful: healing does not mean pretending the past did not happen. Forgiveness does not mean excusing the people who hurt you. And family is not always simple, but sometimes it is still worth fighting for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Truth About Ava\u003c\/b\u003e is an emotional young adult novel about family secrets, resilience, identity, addiction's impact on families, forgiveness, and the courage it takes to find your way home after life begins in a storm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers who enjoy heartfelt coming-of-age stories about complicated families, hidden truths, healing from childhood pain, and discovering that your beginning does not have to decide your ending.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e D. Austin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798180757968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"D. Austin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174334472447,"sku":"9798180757968","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-truth-about-ava-d-austin-9798180757968","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}