The Truth of It All, Gwen Florio
The Truth of It All, Gwen Florio
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The Truth of It All

Author: Gwen Florio

Narrator: Donna Postel

Unabridged: 10 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/12/2021

Synopsis

Public defender Julia Geary moves through life in simmering resentment—at her husband, a soldier killed in Iraq, leaving her a single mother; at her low-paying job; and at her overbearing mother-in-law, whose home she shares. She longs for a breakout case, and it arrives when members of the high-school soccer team report seeing a teammate—Iraqi refugee Sami Mohammed—assaulting a girl in the locker room. In a town where animosity against refugees has already reached a fever pitch, Julia throws all her energy into Sami's defense. She finds an ally in high-school principal Dom Parrish, who believes Sami is innocent, and the case suddenly turns red hot. Then she begins receiving vicious threats against her family, and a senseless act of violence leaves Sami in a coma. And finally, a crop of new evidence emerges that points to the town's most prominent citizens and pits Julia against powerful forces set on burying the truth once and for all. If Sami survives and Julia can prove him innocent, it will be the case of a lifetime. But now it's her life that's on the line.

About Gwen Florio

Gwen Florio is the author of the Lola Wicks crime series, the Nora Best Mysteries, and Silent Hearts, a standalone novel set in Afghanistan. A longtime journalist, she won the Pinckley Prize for Debut Crime Fiction and a High Plains Book Award for her first novel, Montana. She lives in Missoula, Montana.

About Donna Postel

Donna Postel should have known what path her future would take back in the first grade. Instead of playing a duck or a tree in the first-grade play, she was cast as the narrator, the only speaking role. Now, she can almost always be found in her state-of-the-art studio, where she has recorded hundreds of commercials, corporate narrations, and audiobooks.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Theresa

Wow! This novel is a tension-packed page-turner. Julia Geary is a low-paid public defendant whose husband, Michael, was killed in Iraq, leaving her and her four-year-old son living less-than-peacefully with Michael’s mother. Julia is assigned to defend an Iraqi refugee, Sami Mohammad, whose teammate......more

Goodreads review by Pat

Despite including some very familiar tropes, this book still held a few surprises and was refreshingly good. Julia Geary is a widow, a mother to four year old Calvin and a lawyer. She lives in a mutually awkward relationship with her mother-in-law and works as a public defender. She hasn’t dated any......more

Goodreads review by Heather

I received from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review! I think this is a wonderful read. It shows how things truly go in the real world with prejudgment due to race and or ethnicity. It has a rollercoaster of things going on but keeps your interested. I think its a must read.......more

Goodreads review by Barb

Julia Geary is a Public Defender and a widow whose soldier husband died in Iraq. She’s also a single mother with a stressful job that demands much overtime and dealing with difficult clients. She lives with her mother-in-law Beverly whom one, if they were tactful, would call overbearing. In truth, s......more

Quotes

Florio invests her characters with humanity, along with touches of humility.

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