The Truth According to Ember

The Truth According to EmberA Chickasaw woman who can't catch a break serves up a little white lie that snowballs into much more in this witty and irresistible rom com by debut author Danica Nava. Ember Lee Cardinal has not always been a liar well, not for anything that counted at least. But her job search is not going well and when her resum is rejected for the thirty seventh time, she takes matters into her own hands. She gets "creative" listing her qualifications and answers

The result is a "colonized" version of the knowledge

Without justice

spiritual yearnings

Finding lessons from nature and repeating her affirming message

As a young girl

or action words

Yunkaporta is so smart

who captured the personalities of America's first generation of celebrities (including the figure of Andrew Jackson immortalized on the twenty-dollar bill)

as the authors define it

philosophical inquiry into a peculiar vulnerability that goes to the heart of the human condition

Its recognition will be a relevant topic for years to come

and others