Product Description

Should happy families be such hard work? When their uncle Django's 75th birthday is interrupted by a mysterious visitor with a shocking revelation, sisters Fen, Pip and Cat find that the man who was like a father to them is now a stranger. Their mother ran off with a cowboy from Denver when they were young leaving the three sisters to be raised by their devoted, eccentric uncle Django. No matter what problems they've encountered - relationships, work, starting families, bringing up babies and step-kids - they've always had each other to depend on.Until now. Family matters!doesn't it?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17439 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

Review
Praise for Home Truths: 'An engrossing emotional drama' Eve 'You'll laugh, cry, then laugh some more.' Company 'If you like chick-lit with a generous side-helping of sex, you'll devour this. Tangled mother/daughter relationships unravel and tantalising family riddles keep you glued to the end.' Cosmopolitan 'Freya North has penned another winner in Home Truths!Vintage North.' Heat More praise for Freya North: 'Freya North has matured to produce an emotive novel that deals with the darker side of love -- these are real women with real feelings.' She 'Tantrums, tarts, tears and text-sex!what's not to love about this cautionary tale for true romantics?' Heat 'A distinctive storytelling style and credible, loveable characters!an addictive read that encompasses the stuff life is made of: love, sex, fidelity and, above all, friendship.' Glamour

Eve
‘An engrossing emotional drama that's sure to feature on best-seller lists soon.’

Heat
'a touching, enjoyable read.'

Customer Reviews

Gripping
I was so excited to see the McCabe sisters reunited for this new book from Ms North, having loved Pip, Cat and Fen individually in their own titles... when the girls mother unexpectantly turns up at their Uncle Djangos birthday party (having been on the missing list since running away with a cowboy from Denver when the girls were young), it sets off a series of revelations that turns the girls lives on their heads. Tackling the relationships between the girls themselves, their partners, their Uncle and their mother, this story really gets to grips with the precious issue of family and at times it really touched a nerve with me. It may not be as funny as some of her previous books, but its just as gripping and keeps you glued till you turn the final page.

brilliant - a contemporary family saga
I was given this as a gift - and at first I thought it looked like a nice bit of switch-yer-brain off chick-lit (I haven't read her other work). But it isn't - there's no self-obsessed calorie-counting, chardonnay-swilling singletons in this book! Actually, it's a very moving family saga - about three sisters hitting their thirties and taking stock of all that 'family' means. Their mother abandoned them when they were young and their eccentric uncle brought them up (brilliant character). I really cared about all the characters especially when the twists and turns of the plot really get underway. Tough issues like terminal illness, infidelity and blood-ties are dealt with sensitively. All in all, I was pleasantly suprised by this book - and intend to read her other novels.

superb - and worth the wait.
At last chick lit grows up. Not that Freya North is really chick-lit - her books were out long before that bangwagon rolled into town. I have read all her books and wondered how she'd reunite three characters from three previous novels - though I have to say that you really don't need to have read her previous books to enjoy this one in its own right. It's an emotional journey for the three McCabe sisters (Pip, Fen and Cat) in search of the meaning of 'family'. Their own was dysfunctional - their mother left when they were young - and they were raised by their lovely but mad uncle Django. Now they are on the verge of becoming mothers themselves, their past comes back to haunt them. Home Truths is just that - having to face facts even if you don't like them. Initially tHe book jigs along in regular Freya North fashion but suddenly secrets and lies bubble to the surface and the sisters have to look inwards - and forwards - to make sense and peace with their lives. There are some great characters - Django in particular is so eccentric but loveable. I hope the author will write about this lot again. And again. They feel like extended family of mine!