{"product_id":"truestory-catherine-simpson-9781916978959","title":"Truestory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA mother tethered to her home-by an autistic son who's tethered to his computer-yearns for freedom in this \"sharply observed\" novel: \"A terrific read.\" -\u003cem\u003eThe Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlice's life is dictated by her autistic son, Sam, who refuses to leave their remote Lancashire farm. Her only escape is two hours in Lancaster on Tuesday afternoons. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen one day, her husband brings rootless wanderer Larry to the farm to embark on a money-making scheme. Alice is hostile-but Larry beguiles Sam with tales of travel in the outside world and, soon, Alice begins to fall for him, too. By turns blackly comic, heartbreaking, and heartwarming, \u003cem\u003eTruestory\u003c\/em\u003e looks at what happens when sacrifice slithers towards martyrdom, and how even when we feel trapped in our lives, we sometimes have more options than we realise. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Moving but never mawkish, and ultimately hopeful, providing a sympathetic portrait of a family struggling with autism in straitened times. Sam's on-line interactions with a motley group of friends are laugh-out-loud funny.\" -\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSunday Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Simpson's] writing is vivid, perceptive and acute.\" -\u003cstrong\u003eJames Robertson, Walter Scott Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eNews of the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catherine Simpson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1916978959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781916978959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloodhound Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.73d","brand":"Catherine Simpson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46025004876031,"sku":"9781916978959","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_96eb7b8f-505d-4e9d-9fdd-9e4263271e41.jpg?v=1723129741","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/truestory-catherine-simpson-9781916978959","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}