<![CDATA[A Version of the Truth]]>

false <![CDATA[A Version of the Truth]]> 555987 6 In Literacy and Longing in L.A., hailed as "the most delightful read of the year" by Liz Smith in the New York Post, authors Jennifer Kaufman and Karen Mack captivated readers with a brilliantly imagined first novel. Now Kaufman and Mack return, introducing a character with a unique voice you'll never forget: Cassie Shaw, an irrepressible young woman who reinvents herself--with unexpected consequences--in a funny, wise, and utterly original novel about friendship, love, wildlife, and other forces of nature. In the wilds of Topanga Canyon, Cassie is right at home--with the call of birds, the sound of wind in the trees, the harmony of a world without people. But everywhere else, life is a little harder for Cassie. Her mother believes in Big Foot. Her wisecracking pet parrot is a drama queen. And at the age of thirty, newly single and without a college degree, Cassie desperately needs a decent paycheck. Which is why, against all her principles, she lies on her résumé for an office job at an elite university--and then finds herself employed in academia by two professors who are as rare as the birds she covets. One of her new bosses is Professor William Conner, a sexy, handsome, cheerfully aristocratic expert in animal behavior. Soon, under Conner's charismatic tutelage, Cassie carefully begins her personal transformation while meeting the kind of people who don't flock to wildlife preserve--from impossibly brilliant academics to adorably spoiled college boys. But her future--and unlikely new career--is teetering on one unbearable untruth. And Cassie's masquerade is about to come undone ... in a chain of events that will transform her life--and the lives of those around her--forever. A novel for late bloomers of every exotic shade and stripe, A Version of the Truth is pure entertainment—at once hilarious and wry, lyrical and uplifting. 1928052 26 12 2007 A Version of the Truth total:360|5:27|4:107|3:147|2:64|1:15| 360 1147 601 103 3 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 14 16:17:23 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 20:14:44 -0800 2008
I read all of the praise on the back cover and thought it sounded like a book I would like. Halfway through reading it (and wondering why it didn't seem anything like what I expected) I checked...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Nov 19 18:11:44 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 05:26:36 -0800 2008
Ever wish you could somehow reinvent yourself? Ever tell a lie that you then couldn’t figure out how to reverse? Ever wish you could just be someone else for a while?

Well, our friend Cassie (and she does come to f...more...]]> 5 1 true false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 10:01:47 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 17:24:59 -0800 2008
There is a great quote on page 224 that I just love. "You go to a party or whatever, and you spend the whole night zeroing in on the woman in red, the blonde in the corner, the girl with th...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 23 16:12:24 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 16:19:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun May 17 20:14:17 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 20:14:59 -0700 2009 In the wilds of Topanga Canyon, Cassie is right at home--
with the call of birds, the sound of wind in the trees,
the harmony of a world without people. But everywhere
else, life is a little harder for Cassie. Her mother
believes in Big Foot. Her wisecracking pe...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 07:22:10 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 09:26:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false true Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 12:41:11 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 12:45:58 -0700 2009
It was really not necessary for Sam, the Amazon Grey, to come to a tragic death. That was the turning point for me. I'm an animal lover - an animal advocate - and I turn off movies when a...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 12:51:05 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 17:12:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 08:12:35 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 07:23:25 -0800 2008 4 1 false false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 13:08:26 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 13:14:03 -0700 2009
For one thing, there is gorgeous language. Example: She's talking about migrating Monarch butterflies. "There they are -- swirling in the air like...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 14:12:03 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 20:45:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 07:13:34 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 07:21:13 -0800 2008 3 1 false false Tue Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 29 16:53:38 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 29 16:55:10 -0800 2008 3 1 false false Wed Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 09:47:21 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 20:01:36 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Jul 08 11:22:19 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 11:22:19 -0700 2009 1 but will re-read more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 05:41:29 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 04:29:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Thu May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 15:19:40 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 15:34:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 19:59:28 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 06:47:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 17:02:29 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 11:05:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 14:46:01 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 14:54:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=555987