I read reality today. It was the story by author Jill MacLean, called Home Truths, published by Dancing Cat Books. Breathtakingly real. That’s how I would describe Home Truths.
The story features 15 year-old Brick MacAvoy and when you are introduced to Brick you immediately dislike him. He comes across as a bully. Keep turning the pages here, people. Brick might be a bully but like the age out truth – it takes a bully to make a bully – and voila, here the reader is introduced to Brick’s dad, Floyd. Opal is the non-existent mother, who hates being a mother and Cassie is Brick’s sister. The tenderness, adult way Brick interacts with Cassie is what makes this story unique and special. By the middle I wanted to kill Floyd with my own hands so
I was pleased when MacLean introduced Brick to Karate. The twists and turns of this boy coming into adulthood made my heart speed up with each interaction, whether it was the girl he at first dislikes, who is Tully (she has her own story inserted into this book), the dog Igor who he hates at first but comes to save, or the neighbours who help him out with odd jobs.
Home Truths could be set anywhere but MacLean hints it’s on the Eastern Shore, but she also says you won’t find Hilchey Bay but I have to say this book could have been set in my community on the Eastern Shore, NS. This book left me thinking—love that in a book. I highly recommend Home Truths as a must read!
Check out Jill MacLean's website at http://www.jillmaclean.com for more information on the author and her wonderful books.
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