Alice's life is dictated by her autistic son, Sam, who refuses to leave their remote Lancashire farm. Her only time 'off' is two hours in Lancaster on a Tuesday afternoon - and even that doesn't always pan out to be the break she needs. Husband Duncan brings Larry, a rootless wanderer, to the farm to embark on a money making scheme they've dreamed up. Alice is hostile but Larry beguiles Sam with tales of travel in the outside world and, soon, Alice begins to fall for him, too. By turns blackly comic, heart-breaking and heart-warming, Truestory looks at what happens when sacrifice slithers towards martyrdom. By turns happy and sad, ultimately it is a tale of hope.

About the Author
Catherine Simpson has been shortlisted in the Mslexia Novel Award, the Asham Award, Bristol Short Story Prize and Bath Short Story Award. Her work has featured in anthologies and she has performed it at various festivals (including Edinburgh International Book Festival) and on BBC radio. She was named as one of Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature's emerging writers in both 2012 and 2013. Her journalism has appeared in The Scotsman, The Herald, The Daily Mail, The Sun and magazines. In 2013, she won a Creative Scotland New Writers Award for the opening chapters of Truestory. She lives near Edinburgh with her husband and two teenage daughters.

Reviews
'Vivid, perceptive and acute.' James Robertson



Book Information
ISBN 9781910124598
Author Catherine Simpson
Format Paperback
Page Count 350
Imprint Sandstone Press Ltd
Publisher Sandstone Press Ltd
Weight(grams) 304g
Dimensions(mm) 195mm * 130mm * 25mm