![]() ![]() ![]() Berry's language undulates and flows like the cold river Judith needs to ford when Lucas's life is in danger. The love story and the mystery about a girl who was murdered around the same time Judith disappeared are mesmerizing. Forbidden to try to speak by her mother, Judith silently drifts through her village, pines for Lucas, and keeps the identity of her abductor secret. When she returned to her puritan community, she returned as an outcast, even in her own home. She believes her affection will remain unrequited because when she was 14 a crazed man kidnapped her, letting her go two years later after he cut out her tongue. Eighteen-year-old Judith Finch has been in love with her neighbor Lucas Whiting since she was a little girl. Saturated with repressed longing, "All the Truth That's in Me," Julie Berry's new novel, simmers long before it comes to a boil. ![]()
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