The Truth of Who You Are

by Sheila Myers

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Pub Date Apr 28 2022 | Archive Date Mar 30 2022

Black Rose Writing

General Fiction (Adult) | Historical Fiction

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Description

When his family is plunged into poverty during the Great Depression, Ben Taylor takes a job with the US Civilian Conservation Corps, developing the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

While working for the Corps, Ben causes a tragic accident which puts him in a dilemma: does he allow his best friend Tony to take the fall so he can keep his position? The repercussions of Ben's decision plague him all the way to the Battle of the Bulge where he reconnects with Tony while escaping the Germans.

For years Ben has kept a secret from Tony, and the truth will change their relationship forever.

Inspired by the people who once inhabited the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, this saga explores the value people place on stories to hide uncomfortable truths.

When his family is plunged into poverty during the Great Depression, Ben Taylor takes a job with the US Civilian Conservation Corps, developing the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

While working...

A Note From the Publisher

Sheila Myers is an award-winning author of four novels. Her essays and fiction are published in The Stone Canoe Literary Magazine, Embark Magazine, The Adirondack Life Magazine, and History News Network. Her last novel, The Night is Done, the last in a trilogy about the infamous Durant family, won the 2017 Best Book of Fiction by the Adirondack Center for Writing, and received a Kirkus starred review. She is a professor of ecology at a small college in Upstate New York.

Sheila Myers is an award-winning author of four novels. Her essays and fiction are published in The Stone Canoe Literary Magazine, Embark Magazine, The Adirondack Life Magazine, and History News...

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A Note From the Publisher

Sheila Myers is an award-winning author of four novels. Her essays and fiction are published in The Stone Canoe Literary Magazine, Embark Magazine, The Adirondack Life Magazine, and History News Network. Her last novel, The Night is Done, the last in a trilogy about the infamous Durant family, won the 2017 Best Book of Fiction by the Adirondack Center for Writing, and received a Kirkus starred review. She is a professor of ecology at a small college in Upstate New York.

Advance Praise

"Beautifully written with careful attention to historical detail, this book is one I highly recommend." -Gail Olmstead, author of Landscape of a Marriage

"Set primarily during the Great Depression and in what is now known as the Smoky Mountains National Park, The Truth of Who You Are is a sweeping family saga full of love, heartbreak, hard times, and the sustaining power of family." -M.K. Tod, author of Paris In Ruins

"Author Sheila Myers crafts a coming-of-age saga of both a young man fighting to keep his family intact, and of the entire Great Smoky Mountains region. She also captures the spirit of the Civilian Conservation Corps, its rejuvenating impact on the landscape, and its transformative influence on the young men who served." -Robert Hilliard, author of A Season on the Allegheny

"The Truth of Who You Are is an emotional tale of loyalty and family told through the eyes of a country boy with a big heart. Myers uses emotional stakes and lively historical details to take us on an adventure through America's turbulent 20th Century." -Kerry Chaput, author of Daughter of the King

"Beautifully written with careful attention to historical detail, this book is one I highly recommend." -Gail Olmstead, author of Landscape of a Marriage

"Set primarily during the Great Depression...