The Summer I Told the Truth

<p><strong>What if the only way to find yourself is to finally stop pretending?</strong></p><p>Seventeen-year-old <strong>Lucy</strong> has spent years hiding behind two versions of herself: Lucélia the quiet high schooler who keeps her head down and Lucy the carefree summer girl who only shows up at the lake-where no one knows her past her fears or the truth.</p><p>But this summer is different.<br>With college results looming and her world on the edge of change Lucy realizes it might be the last time she spends with the people who matter most. Determined to make it count she signs up for driving lessons with <strong>Arthur</strong>-her insufferable neighbor who's somehow the only person willing to help her face her biggest fear. And maybe without realizing it the only one who sees through the version of Lucy she created.</p><p>As she struggles with her fear of driving confronts prejudice for being the daughter of a same-sex couple and fights to save her family's lake house Lucy must finally decide who she really wants to be-and whether she's brave enough to stop lying to the people she loves... and to herself.</p>