Tell Me Something Real

Devlin, Calla

ISBN 10: 1481461168 / ISBN 13: 9781481461160

Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2017

About this Item

5.5 X 0.8 X 8.25 inches; 320 pages.

Seller Inventory # 6438

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tell Me Something Real
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1481461168
• ISBN 13: 9781481461160
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Three sisters struggle with the bonds that hold their family together as they face a darkness settling over their lives in this “one of a kind” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) debut novel that’s a finalist for the William C. Morris Award.

There are three beautiful blond Babcock sisters: gorgeous and foul-mouthed Adrienne, observant and shy Vanessa, and the youngest and best-loved, Marie. Their mother is ill with leukemia and the girls spend a lot of time with her at a Mexican clinic across the border from their San Diego home so she can receive alternative treatments.

Vanessa is the middle child, a talented pianist who is trying to hold her family together despite the painful loss that they all know is inevitable. As she and her sisters navigate first loves and college dreams, they are completely unaware that an illness far more insidious than cancer poisons their home. Their world is about to shatter under the weight of an incomprehensible betrayal…

About the Author

Calla Devlin is the author of William C. Morris Award finalist Tell Me Something Real. She’s also a Pushcart nominee and winner of the Best of Blood and Thunder Award whose stories have been included in numerous literary journals and in anthologies, including Because I Love Her: 34 Women Writers Reflect on the Mother-Daughter Bond, for which she was featured in the San Francisco Chronicle and San Francisco Magazine. Visit her at CallaDevlin.com.