True Home - by Janet Clare (Paperback)

About the Book

Swanee Burrows, the rebellious daughter of a disgraced congressman and a socialite, seeks escape from her parents' bitter divorce. True Home unravels love, betrayal, and self-discovery in a world where every relationship is a maze.

Book Synopsis

"A propulsive powerhouse of empathy." J. Ryan Stradal, New York Times bestselling author of Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club

Swanee Burrows, the restless, razor-sharp fifteen-year-old daughter of a scandal-ridden congressman and a flawed yet magnetic socialite, struggles to find her footing as her parents' bitter and very public divorce spirals out of control. In the rain-soaked landscape of the Pacific Northwest, Swanee's runaway attempts and the intricate web of deception surrounding her family bring her dangerously close to the edge of no return.

At its heart, True Home is a story about coming-of-age and coming to the truth-a tale of love, betrayal, and the dangerous risks we take to find where we truly belong. Janet Clare invites readers into a world where every relationship is a labyrinth and daring to love might just be the greatest danger of all.

True Home delivers the same piercing emotional clarity as the great domestic dramas of the late 20th century, inviting comparisons to Ordinary People and Endless Love. Yet, Clare forges her own path, presenting a story that feels at once timeless and thrillingly fresh.

Review Quotes

"With a lovely, clear-eyed precision as startling as it is rare, True Home tells the story of a family in crisis and their runaway daughter, to devastating effect. As I read it, I found myself thinking of some of the great domestic dramas of the late American Century: Scott Spencer's Endless Love, Judith Guest's Ordinary People, the sort of novels whose piercing emotional valences few writers seem able to reach anymore. Only now-Janet Clare, wonderfully, has." Matthew Specktor, author of The Golden Hour

"Full of intrigue and delivered in deft prose, Janet Clare's True Home employs a sizable and dynamic cast to explore the nuances of marriage, identity, and ultimately, redemption." Jonathan Evison, New York Times Bestselling author of The Heart of Winter

"This story of intertwined family dramas, True Home is a propulsive powerhouse of empathy. Flawed as her characters may be, it's obvious how much Clare loves them-and you will, too." J. Ryan Stradal, New York Times bestselling author of Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club

"Clare's page-turning newest is about the people, the places, the scandals, and the deep emotions we desperately try to escape. Set against the crystalline beauty of the Pacific Northwest, and featuring a feisty fifteen-year-old daughter who has made a habit of running away, this coming-of-age novel is really a coming-to-the-truth story, navigating class, betrayal and yes, love, too. True Home is true brilliance." Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You and Days of Wonder

"I love a good mother-daughter-father intrigue, rife with class issues and devastating secrets! Janet Clare expertly mines the confounding push-pull of family connection in True Home. Clare is a master at articulating the emotional riptides running under relationships. In True Home, daring to really love might pose the greatest danger of all." Samantha Dunn, journalist and author of Failing Paris and Not by Accident

"True Home is a novel about how our current relationships are informed, challenged by, and even improved by meaningful relationships from our past. Janet Clare's smart and finely observed novel kept me guessing where the characters would end up--and who they'd end up with. I loved it." Christina Clancy, author of Snowbirds