Give me truth

This is a realistic story about teenagers dealing with potential family breakdown and perhaps worse. David and Caitlin each tell their story in alternate chapters, including meeting at play rehearsal. But the focus of the stories stays on family and the hopes of the children to keep their parents together.

This is a realistically told story and does not shrink from some scenes of violence. Condon succeeds in showing us both adult and teen characters with whom we can empathise. He leaves us to assess the rights and wrongs, or just to understand the difficulty of getting things right in relationships.

The two stories start to converge in a way that we can see happening, but this increases the tension and our engagement rather than spoiling show more it. The end is skillfully satisfying and somewhat open ended, allowing the reader to consider what may likely happen. Recommended. show less

The two 16 yo main characters (male and female) have their respective family's breaking up. A dual narrative in alternate chapters. Both seek the truth behind the break-ups - so young people being caught in the middle / narratives and sides associated with breakups.