I liked the novel Deep Down True before I even read it. That’s right — I was liking it before I even read one page of the novel.
Author Juliette Fay prefaced the book with her acknowledgments which began by thanking those in her junior high school who were the rare combination of nice and popular and naming the friends who never betrayed her. She goes on to say that “Adolescents are an interesting bunch, prone to acts of both great generosity and great ferocity, and you never know which is coming at you till it’s in your face.”
. . . . continued at 5 Minutes for Mom.
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Jennifer Donovan is so appreciative of those in her life who know what it is to be “deep down true,” which include friends, her kids, her husband and so many more. She blogs about other things she appreciates at Snapshot.