{"product_id":"the-truth-addy-loest-9781922598011","title":"The Truth \u0026 Addy Loest","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Kim Kelly\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Booktopia Direct Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Booktopia Direct Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTruth is not a destination - it's a magical ride. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAddy Loest is harbouring a secret - several, in fact. Dedicated overthinker, frockaholic and hard-partyer, she's been doing all she can to avoid the truth for quite some time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA working-class girl raised between the Port Kembla Steelworks and the surf of the Illawarra coast, Addy is a fish out of water at the prestigious University of Sydney. She's also the child of German immigrants, and her broken-hearted widower dad won't tell her anything about her family's tragic past. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut it's 1985, a time of all kinds of excess, from big hair to big misogyny, and distractions are easy. Distractions, indeed, are Addy's best skill - until one hangover too many leads her to meet a particular frock and a particular man, each of whom will bring all her truths hurtling home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with Kim Kelly's incomparable warmth and wit, \u003cem\u003eThe Truth \u0026amp; Addy Loest\u003c\/em\u003e is a magical trip through shabby-chic inner-city Sydney, a tale of music and moonlight, literature and love - and of discovering the only story that really matters is the one you write for yourself. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Booktopia Direct Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48223020253335,"sku":"9781922598011","price":1813.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781922598011.webp?v=1788758958","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-truth-addy-loest-9781922598011","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}