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Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 The Truth and Addy Loest
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'Truth is not a destination – it’s a magical ride.

'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.

'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.

'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.

'Told with Kim Kelly’s incomparable warmth and wit, The Truth & Addy Loest 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.'

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Millthorpe, Blayney area, Blayney - Cowra - Grenfell area, Central West NSW, New South Wales,: Jazz Monkey Publications , 2021 .
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      Extent: 284p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published February 2021.
      ISBN: 9781922389084
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Brio Books , 2021 .
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      Extent: 368p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 12th October 2021
      ISBN: 9781922598011 (pbk), 9781922598295 (ebk)

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