Justina Chen Headley's Nothing But The Truth (and a few white lies)

Nothing But The Truth (and a few white lies)

Book Review:
Nothing But The Truth (and a few white lies)
by Justina Chen Headley

Nothing But The Truth (and a few white lies) is the heartwarming story of Patty Ho who grows up and sees things much clearer in a matter of months. Patty is your typical teenager, trying to fit in. But what is not typical is she is a Mixed Asian and she has an ultra strict Taiwanese mother. Her mother's mantra of "Find Good One first. Be friends long time. Then marry," is commonplace in House Ho. Her older brother, the Harvard accepted, manga loving freak Abe receives all the accolades while Patty receives all the lectures. And tonic soup. An embarrassing episode at Stanford math camp has Patty spending quality time at her Auntie Lu's home. There, she finds out first hand Auntie Lu is not a clone of her mother and in one picture, understands why her mother is the way she is. Thus forging a closeness and bond she never felt she had with her mother. Always doing just enough to get by, she realizes (thanks to people who care) she has been short changing herself and decides she is "done just trying to be one color."

Justina Chen Headley's smashing debut Nothing But The Truth (and a few white lies) will make you laugh, smile, cry and think. Although it is a YA novel, this book is definitely for all ages.