"...Chaulk has created a strong voice for Lisa, both sharp and vulnerable...a smartly told story of coming of age, and coming to grips with the rites of passage in a new world."
Joan Sullivan,
The Telegram
[Lisa Simms] "has a kind heart, a quick wit and a fighting spirit...Readers will love Lisa
Simms..."
Janice Stuckless,
Downhome Magazine
"There is enough reality here for anyone (at least any woman) to find touchpoints, and to nod and laugh in agreement...a find, and a fine first effort."
Jean Graham, The Northeast Avalon Times
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About this much is true
Is it okay to tell a lie? Lisa Simms thinks so. Lisa leaves her small town and moves to the big city to find work and her
letters home tell of an ordered life and success at work. The reality, however, is rather different. From crazy days at work,
to disappointing love affairs, from dealing with death to discovering love, Lisa takes the reader on a ride of laughter and
tears as the fiction of each letter dissolves into the roller coaster of life. this much is true is a romp through the
1980s, about a fish out of water struggling to find her place in the world all while sheltering her parents from the
truth.
this much is true is in most bookstores in the St. John's metro area and most Indigo/Chapters bookstores across the country. It is also available at The Bookworm in Gander.
It is also available online at the following websites:
Read an excerpt from this much is true.
Listen to a reading from this much is true and an interview with Tina.
Read an interview with Tina.
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Tina will be reading at WordFest, part of the Newfoundland Writers' Guild 40th Anniversary Celebrations, on Saturday July 19th, from 12 noon to 3:00 pm at Commissariat House . She is honoured to be reading with Helen Fogwill Porter, Janice Wells, Janet McNaughton, Fran Baird Innes, Bernice Morgan, Jean Dohaney and Annamarie Beckel.
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Tina's short story, "Divided by Three", received a 2007 Provincial Arts and Letters Award in Short Fiction.
In May 2007, Tina received a grant from the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council to continue writing her next novel, tentatively titled A Few Kinds of Wrong.
In November 2006, Tina received a grant from the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council to write her next novel, tentatively titled A Few Kinds of Wrong.
this much is true had its official launch in August 2006. Find out how it went on
Tina's blog.
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