Truth Has a Different Shape
Distributed for CavanKerry Press
232 pages
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6 x 9
- Contents
- Review Quotes
Table of Contents

Contents
Prologue: 2011 | Book One: The Bulge, 1975-1991 | Book Two: The Spiral, 1996-2010 | Book Three: The Halo, 2012-present
Review Quotes
Sophia Shalmiyev, author of "Mother Winter: A Memoir"
"O’Driscoll rearranges the traumas of her childhood to skillfully examine her own roles as mother, thinker, partner, and artist. This book has grit, integrity, and a heroine with the drive to stop being the woman who fixes it all, fixes other, fixes the past to live in her body and her words with resolve and dignity. In Truth Has a Different Shape, O’Driscoll emerges with an extra layer of skin and a narrative that honors all survivors, whether codependent or alienated from family and society."
Buzzfeed
"This memoir unwinds one woman’s reckoning with her family. In the opening pages, a young Kari O’Driscoll attempts to make things easier for her family after a divorce and the loss of a sibling — an adopted brother who is sent back to the agency — tear her household apart. The pain of a child dealing with loss is palpable. Yet, as years progress in Truth Has a Different Shape, we follow O’Driscoll as she discovers how to heal herself."
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