The Truth According to Us : A Novel

from Shuffy2

DC Society Girl meets small town Macedonia, West Virginia: Will she be able to handle the culture shock or will it prove to be too much? Could her future lie within the town or will a long-ago mystery drive her away? The Great Depression has been raging on for almost a decade, Layla Beck has been...

from peggy.s

The year is 1938 - and the Federal Writers' Project (a branch of the WPA) has assigned Layla Beck the task of writing a history for the town of Macedonia, West Virginia. Socialite though she is, she takes on the task with enthusiasm. She moves to Macedonia, boarding with a local family - the Rome...

from Nuigurumi

"In Liebe, Layla" ist für mich ein typisch amerikanischer Roman, der in einer amerikanischen Kleinstadt während der Wirtschaftskrise in den 30er Jahren spielt. Die Senatorentochter Layla weigert sich, standesgemäß zu heiraten und wird von ihrem Vater in die "Verbannung" geschickt, in diesem Fall ...

from Smits

A great book filled with characters I came to love.Laya, banished by her rich father who appears useless but isn't, Jottie with a sad past but a strong characterr with a great sense of humor, Felix, the womanizer, Willa, 12 years old and wanting to know everything about everything. These are char...

from mpmills

I just loved reading this new novel by Annie Barrows! Set in 1938, young, spoiled Layla Beck is sent to Macedonia, West Virginia by the Federal Writers Project to write a history of the town. There, she boards with the Romeyn family. Macedonia and the Romeyns have secrets that intertwine. The sto...