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Jennifer Matheiu

March 12, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Book Review: The Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu

It starts with a text: “Alice slept with two guys in one night”. It doesn’t matter if it is true or not, it is too late. The damage is done. Then one of the boys, a star football player named Brandon, dies in a car accident. Alice must somehow be to blame. No one cares […]

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