The Truth & Addy Loest

<p>Truth is not a destination - it's a magical ride. </p><p>Addy 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. </p><p>A 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. </p><p>But 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. </p><p>Told with Kim Kelly's incomparable warmth and wit <em>The Truth & Addy Loest</em> 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. </p>