A Version of the Truth Review #SilverDaggerTours

 

Do we spend our lives searching in vain for an answer, 

or dowe find a version of the truth we can live with, and live with it?

A Version of theTruth

by Marsh Rose

Genre: Memoir

Over forty years, Marsh and her partner built a life definedby love, devotion, and independence. He supported her when she bought her homein California wine country, when she grieved the deaths of her parents, whenshe built her career as a psychotherapist, and even when she overcame alifelong fear of dogs to adopt a rescued greyhound.

They never married or shared a home—by choice. They were lovers and confidants,deeply committed to one another. Yet, they only met on Tuesdays and Fridays.

And then, one day, he vanished.

When Marsh finally tracked him down, she discovered the unimaginable: he hadsuffered a catastrophic stroke. His memory was gone. He could no longer speak.And he was living with a woman who knew him by a different name.

What was the truth? With him unreachable behind the devastation of his illness,and with the danger that exposing their relationship could cause irreparableharm, Marsh was left to confront a hall of mirrors—plagued by questions,silences, and uncertainty.

In the end, she discovered a universal reality: we all live with someunknowable mystery. The question is—do we spend our lives searching in vain foran answer, or do we find a version of the truth we can live with, and live withit?

 

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Ornery Owl's Review

Rating: Five out of Five Stars

Take a trip back in time to California in the 1980s and 1990s as the author describes her journey to find a suitable home when everything is massively overpriced. Enjoy learning about an unconventional life and love affair along the way.

The book has an easy, conversational tone. It avoids long exposition and info-dumps, delivering a crisp, personable tale. I finished it in a single afternoon. 

This book will appeal to those who enjoy honest memoirs set in the recent past.  

 

 

Marsh Rose is a freelancewriter, psychotherapist and college educator. Her short stories have appearedin a variety of publications including Cosmopolitan Magazine, the San FranciscoChronicle, Carve Magazine, Hippocampus Magazine, and New Millennium Writingswhere she took first prize for creative nonfiction in 2018. She lives in the north San Francisco Bay Area with her greyhound, Adin.

   

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