What I Thought Was True made me happy and heartbroken and hopeful (and alliterative, apparently).
It's about the complexities of life and getting your timing right. It's about how sometimes the things you thought you wanted aren't what you really want. How it bridges the end of something with the beginning of something else, how it seems to symbolizes your past and your childhood but also the years to come. This book, set in the same town and world as MLND, captures the bittersweetness of summer. What I Thought Was True was just what I was expecting from the author of My Life Next Door, a book I love to pieces. I closed this book with a happy sigh and an aching tightness in my chest, equal parts enchanted and sad. Thought was true-about the place she lives, the people she loves, andĪ magnetic, push-me-pull-me romance with depth, this is for fans of Sarah Dessen, Jenny Han, and Deb Caletti. Gwen spends a gorgeous, restless summer struggling to resolve what she
Sparks fly and secret histories unspool as Looks like she'll never escape her past-or the island-Gwen's dad gives Worries a life of cleaning houses will be her fate too, but just when it He's a rich kid fromĪcross the bridge in Stony Bay, and she hails from a family of fishermenĪnd housecleaners who keep the island's summer people happy. Ages 14 up.Review: What I Thought Was True by Huntley Fitzpatrickįrom the author of My Life Next Door comes a swoony summertime romance full of expectation and regret, humor and hard questions.Ĭastle's Biggest Mistake Ever, Cassidy Somers, is slumming it as a yardīoy on her Nantucket-esque island this summer. Tracing Cass's coming of age as she faces some harsh realities, Fitzpatrick (My Life Next Door) once again evokes the dizzying heights of adolescent passion while remaining down-to-earth. Meanwhile others Gwen's hardworking father, her ambitious cousin and his girlfriend, and her summer employer shock and disappoint Gwen, further upending her life. After a humiliating run-in with him at a party, it's hard for Gwen to believe that he wants more from her than a quick fling, but over the course of the summer, he gradually wins her trust and her heart as their paths cross on the island. After junior year, Gwen, whose mother is a house cleaner, has done more "serving" than she'd like to admit, earning her a less-than-pristine reputation among the members of the boys' swim team, including rich Cass, whom Gwen secretly admires. Fitzpatrick's thoughtful and genuine love story shows the clash between classes in a New England beach community that's home to two types of people: those who live in mansions, and those who serve them.
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