Half of What You Hear

From well-loved womens fiction writer Kristyn Kusek Lewis comes a breakout novel about a woman moving to a small community and uncovering the many secrets that hide behind closed doorsperfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Elin Hilderbrand.Greyhill, Virginiarefuge of old money, old mansions, and old-fashioned ideas about who belongs and who doesntjust got a few new residents. When Bess Warner arrives in town with her husband Cole and their kids, she thinks she knows what to expect. Sure, moving to Coles small hometown means shell have to live across the street from her mother-in-law, and yes, theres going to be a lot to learn as they take over Coles familys inn-keeping business, but Bess believes it will be the perfect escape from Washington. She needs it to be. After losing her White House job under a cloud of scandal, she hardly knows who she is anymore. But Bess quickly discovers that fitting in is easier said than done. Instead of the simpler life shed banked on, she finds herself preoccupied by barbed questions from gossipy locals and her own worries over how her twins are acclimating at the towns elite private school. When the opportunity to write an article for the Washington Posts lifestyle supplement falls into Besss lap, she thinks it might finally be her opportunity to find her footing hereeven if the subject of the piece is Greyhills most notorious resident.Susannah Cricket Lane, fruit of the towns deepest-rooted family tree, is a special sort of outsider, having just returned to Greyhill from New York after a decades-long hiatus. The long absence has always been the subject of suspicion, not that the eccentric Susannah cares what anyone thinks; as a matter of fact, she seems bent on antagonizing as many people as possible. But is Susannah being sincere with Bessor is she using their strangely intense interview sessions for her to further an agenda that includes peeling back the layers of Greyhills darkest secrets?As Bess discovers unsettling truths about Susannah andGreyhill at large, ones that bring her into the secrets of prior generations, she begins to learn how difficult it is to start over in a town that runs on talk, and that sometimes, the best way to find yourself is to uncover what everyone around you is hiding....

From well-loved womens fiction writer Kristyn Kusek Lewis comes a breakout novel about a woman moving to a small community and uncovering the many secrets that hide behind closed doorsperfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Elin Hilderbrand.Greyhill, Virginiarefuge of old money, old mansions, and old-fashioned ideas about who belongs and who doesntjust got a few new residents. When Bess Warner arrives in town with her husband Cole and their kids, she thinks she knows what to expect. Sure, moving to Coles small hometown means shell have to live across the street from her mother-in-law, and yes, theres going to be a lot to learn as they take over Coles familys inn-keeping business, but Bess believes it will be the perfect escape from Washington. She needs it to be. After losing her White House job under a cloud of scandal, she hardly knows who she is anymore. But Bess quickly discovers that fitting in is easier said than done. Instead of the simpler life shed banked on, she finds herself preoccupied by barbed questions from gossipy locals and her own worries over how her twins are acclimating at the towns elite private school. When the opportunity to write an article for the Washington Posts lifestyle supplement falls into Besss lap, she thinks it might finally be her opportunity to find her footing hereeven if the subject of the piece is Greyhills most notorious resident.Susannah Cricket Lane, fruit of the towns deepest-rooted family tree, is a special sort of outsider, having just returned to Greyhill from New York after a decades-long hiatus. The long absence has always been the subject of suspicion, not that the eccentric Susannah cares what anyone thinks; as a matter of fact, she seems bent on antagonizing as many people as possible. But is Susannah being sincere with Bessor is she using their strangely intense interview sessions for her to further an agenda that includes peeling back the layers of Greyhills darkest secrets?As Bess discovers unsettling truths about Susannah andGreyhill at large, ones that bring her into the secrets of prior generations, she begins to learn how difficult it is to start over in a town that runs on talk, and that sometimes, the best way to find yourself is to uncover what everyone around you is hiding....