Una historia verdadera

2015. A talented, lonely, shadow writer named Alice Lovett makes a living helping other people write stories. Yet she is haunted by a story of her own that she cannot tell: the story of "what happened while she slept", as she defines it. 1999. Nick Brothers and his lacrosse teammates begin senior year at a wealthy Maryland high school as state champions. They are on top of the world, until two of their friends take a girl home, after she loses consciousness at one of the team's "legendary" parties, and a rumor about what happened in the car seat. behind the car it spreads like wildfire through the town. Young people deny the accusations and, in the end, the people turn the page. But not all. Nick falls into alcoholism and Alice develops a life of ups and downs in which she despises herself and trusts the wrong people. When she finally has the opportunity to face the past that she does not remember -but that has shaped her life- will she accept it? A true story is a witty and breathtaking analysis of a woman seeking her voice in the aftermath of trauma: a mix of psychological thriller, delusion, and analysis of sexual assault, power, and the nature of truth. Its sparkling structure, full of twists and turns, which will keep the reader in suspense until the last pages, marks the debut of a new voice in fiction, a singular and daring voice.