Tell Me Something True
A young Colombian-American woman uncovers the truth about her deceased mother's secret past in this beautiful and poignant debut novel from journalist Leila Cobo.

Gabriella always loved the picture of her mother kneeling in front of a bed of roses, smiling, beautiful and impossibly happy. But then she learns that her late mother hated gardening; that she had never wanted the house in the Hollywood hills, the successful movie producer husband, and possibly, her only daughter.

When Gabriella discovers a journal—a book that begins as a new mother's letters to her baby girl, but becomes a secret diary—the final entry leaves one question unanswered: the night her mother died, was she returning to Colombia to end an affair, or was she abandoning her family for good?

Tell Me Something True is the bittersweet story of a daughter learning to see her mother as a woman, and not just a parent.
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Tell Me Something True
A young Colombian-American woman uncovers the truth about her deceased mother's secret past in this beautiful and poignant debut novel from journalist Leila Cobo.

Gabriella always loved the picture of her mother kneeling in front of a bed of roses, smiling, beautiful and impossibly happy. But then she learns that her late mother hated gardening; that she had never wanted the house in the Hollywood hills, the successful movie producer husband, and possibly, her only daughter.

When Gabriella discovers a journal—a book that begins as a new mother's letters to her baby girl, but becomes a secret diary—the final entry leaves one question unanswered: the night her mother died, was she returning to Colombia to end an affair, or was she abandoning her family for good?

Tell Me Something True is the bittersweet story of a daughter learning to see her mother as a woman, and not just a parent.
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Tell Me Something True

Tell Me Something True

by Leila Cobo
Tell Me Something True

Tell Me Something True

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Overview

A young Colombian-American woman uncovers the truth about her deceased mother's secret past in this beautiful and poignant debut novel from journalist Leila Cobo.

Gabriella always loved the picture of her mother kneeling in front of a bed of roses, smiling, beautiful and impossibly happy. But then she learns that her late mother hated gardening; that she had never wanted the house in the Hollywood hills, the successful movie producer husband, and possibly, her only daughter.

When Gabriella discovers a journal—a book that begins as a new mother's letters to her baby girl, but becomes a secret diary—the final entry leaves one question unanswered: the night her mother died, was she returning to Colombia to end an affair, or was she abandoning her family for good?

Tell Me Something True is the bittersweet story of a daughter learning to see her mother as a woman, and not just a parent.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780446519366
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Publication date: 10/01/2009
Pages: 308
Product dimensions: 5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

About The Author
Renowned journalist and former concert pianist Leila Cobo is a native of Cali, Colombia. The Executive Director of Latin Content & Programming for Billboard, she is a frequent contributor to NPR and has written liner notes for acts such as Ricky Martin, Shakira, and Chayanne. She is also the host of the television show Estudio Billboard, which features in-depth interviews with top Latin acts. Leila is a Fulbright scholar with a graduate degree from the Annenberg School of Communications at USC and holds dual degrees in journalism, from Bogota's Universidad Javeriana, and in piano performance from the Manhattan School of Music.

She currently lives in Key Biscayne, FL with her husband and children.
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