Quinn teams up with the half-sister sheâs never met to right their fatherâs wrongs in this thoughtful, funny, and layered novel by National Book Award finalist and Printz Honor medal winner Deb Caletti.
Maybe it was wrong, or maybe impossible, but I wanted the truth to be one thing. One solid thing.
Quinn is surrounded by women who have had their hearts broken. Between her mother, her aunt, and her grandmother, Quinn hears nothing but cautionary tales. And when she is abruptly and unceremoniously dumped, Quinn starts to think maybe there really are no good men.
It doesnât help that sheâs gingerly handling a renewed relationship with her formerly absent father. Heâs a little bit of a lot of things: charming, selfish, eccentric, lazy⊠But heâs her dad, and Quinnâs just happy to have him around again. Until she realizes how horribly heâs treated the many women in his life, how heâs stolen more than just their hearts. Determined to, for once, take action in her life, Quinn joins forces with the half-sister sheâs never met and the little sister sheâll do anything to protect. Together, they set out to right her fatherâs wrongsâŠand in doing so, begin to uncover what theyâre really looking for: the truth.
Once again, Deb Caletti has created a cast of lovably flawed characters who bond over the shared experiences of fear, love, pain, and joyâin other words, real life.