Strange But True

Now a Major Motion Picture starring Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear, and Blythe Danner.

"Sinister and complex.... You'll race right through it."--New York Times

After a mysterious fall from his New York City apartment, Philip Chase has moved back home with his mother, Charlene, a bitter woman who has never fully accepted the death of her younger son, Ronnie, five years earlier. Surrounded by memories of the family he no longer has, and trying to forget the reasons he left New York, Philip is in stasis.

But everything changes late one windy February night when Ronnie's high school girlfriend shows up on their doorstep. A sad young woman who still bears the scars of the accident that took Ronnie's life, Melissa is nine months pregnant. The father, she claims, is Ronnie.

Now Philip and his mother must confront not only Melissa's past but also their own: the secrets each has buried and the lies each has told. But not everyone wants the past exposed.... At once a moving story of redemption and a heart-stopping work of suspense, Strange but True "will hold you transfixed" (Salon.com).

Author: John Searles
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 06/14/2005
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.06h x 5.86w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780060721794

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.3
Point Value: 19
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 86766 / Strange But True


Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 06/01/2005 pg. 78
New York Times 08/28/2005 pg. 24

About the Author
Searles, John: -

John Searles is a New York Times bestselling and award-winning author. His books are published in over a dozen languages and have been voted "Best of the Year" or top picks by Boston Globe, Entertainment Weekly, Salon and the American Library Association. He has appeared on NBC's Today Show, CBS This Morning, CNN, NPR's Fresh Air and other shows to discuss his books.