Newly divorced Dana Stellgarten has always been unfailingly nice—even to telemarketers—but now her temper is wearing thin. Money is tight, her kids are reeling from their dad’s departure, and her Goth teenage niece has just landed on her doorstep. As she enters the slipstream of post-divorce romance and is befriended by the town queen bee, Dana finds that the tension between being true to yourself and being liked doesn’t end in middle school . . . and that sometimes it takes a real friend to help you embrace adulthood, in all its flawed complexity.Short-listed for the Women’s Fiction Award of the American Library Association.
Also available in Audio Book, in Polish, German, Portuguese and Turkish, and at your local bookstore. Soon to be available in Slovak.
Reviews
“Sincere, powerful and heartfelt, Deep Down True will resonate with women everywhere.”
–Emily Giffen, New York Times bestselling author of Something Borrowed, Something Blue, Baby Proof and Heart of the Matter
“I love it for its intensely human characters and for the way the author grants them their flaws as generously as she celebrates their daily decencies, their persistent hopefulness, their moments of personal grace.”
–Marisa De Los Santos, New York Times bestselling author of Love Walked In and Belong to Me
“Heartwarming, funny, well-penned, unexpectedly suspenseful, this is a solid page-turner, right through to the touching end.”
–Booklist
“Tackles a host of serious issues in a remarkably thoughtful fashion … What’s more, it’s just a genuinely good story.”
–Bookreporter
“Engrossing, touching, and immensely satisfying. The truth shines on every page. I’d almost be willing to go back to junior high if I could sit at Juliette Fay’s lunch table!”
–Beth Harbison, New York Times bestselling author of Thin Rich Pretty
“Enormously readable and hugely relatable!”
–Kelly Corrigan, New York Times bestselling author of The Middle Place and Lift
“Fay imbues Dana with the smarts and insecurities that war within most of us. Highly recommended for fans of women’s fiction featuring resilient heroines.”
–Library Journal