True Home by Janet Clare

True Home by Janet Clare

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.

Janet Clare is the Director of the Andrew Marvell Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Studies and Professor of Renaissance Literature at the University of Hull. Art Created Tongue-Tied by Authority: Elizabethan and Jacobean Theatrical Censorship (1990), Drama of the English Republic, 1649-1660 (2002), and Renaissance Vengeance Tragedies (2007) are among her works. She has co-edited the Journal of Early Modern Studies 2 on Shakespeare and Early Modern Popular Culture, and she has reviewed Shakespeare productions in Ireland for Shakespeare Survey.