True Story

'Weiner is the undisputed queen of the fun yet thoughtful poolside read' Vogue

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From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes a funny, big-hearted novel about three people re-examining who they are and who they want to be.

After twenty years of marriage, Ellie Mendel and her husband Jamie DeVries are newly separated. Having met as aspiring writers, Ellie, a hard-working small-town reporter with a sharp mind and acerbic wit, never thought she could end up with someone like Jamie, the scion of a famous author’s wealthy New England family. Their love story began as a fairy tale, but their relationship slowly cracked beneath the inevitable disappointments and resentments of a long marriage, with a betrayal becoming Ellie's final breaking point.

Her pain still raw, Ellie opens Instagram one morning and sees that Jamie’s found love again… with Valentine Saunders, the supermodel once crowned by People Magazine as the most beautiful woman in the world.

To Ellie, the news is shocking – then galvanizing. Ellie has been writing hugely popular, and very spicy, romance novels under a pen name. If Jamie has moved on in such a spectacularly public fashion, Ellie decides it’s time to do the same, shedding her pseudonym and revealing herself to the world as Quinn Montrose, queen of smut.

As Ellie’s fame skyrockets, Jamie and Valentine become the internet’s new It Couple. Jamie hopes his new relationship will cure decades of writer’s block. Valentine hopes being with Jamie – not to mention the adoration of hundreds of thousands of new fans and followers – can be the fresh start she craves after her first husband’s sudden death.

Then all three receive an unexpected invitation to join Ellie and Jamie’s former classmate, the bestselling memoirist Forrest Wilder, at a Wild Girls Retreat, where Ellie, Jamie, and Valentine will reckon with the stories they have been telling the world and each other.

In this bingeable, hilarious, sharply observed novel, Jennifer Weiner explores the unpredictable rewards we reap when we take a chance at revealing our true selves to the people we love.

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Praise for Jennifer Weiner:

'If you have time for only one book this summer, pick this one' New York Times

‘The perfect poolside read to escape into' Georgina Moore

'The kind of immersive, uplifting read you'll clear the rest of your day for – just wonderful' Louise Candlish

'Like Helen Fielding, Weiner balances fresh humour, deft characterisations, and literary sensibility' Guardian

'An ambitious, immersive novel' Red Magazine

'A winning combination of a light read with serious emotional depth, the very mix Weiner's many fans have come to expect from her' Booklist

‘Irresistible’ Publishers Weekly

About the author

JENNIFER WEINER is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-three books, including the novels Good in Bed, In Her Shoes, Mrs. Everything, and The Breakaway. She has appeared on many national television programs, including the Today show and Good Morning America, and her work is frequently published by the New York Times. Jennifer lives with her family in Philadelphia. Visit her online at JenniferWeiner.com.