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Local Authors Book Group: The House of Plain Truth by Donna Hemans

Date and Time

Monday, January 12, 2026, 6:00 PM until 7:30 PM

Location

Woodridge Community Library - Conference Room A
1801 Hamlin Street NE
Washington, DC  20018
USA

Event Contact(s)

Laura D Worby

Category

Social Wellness

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 When Pearline receives grave news about her ailing father, she abruptly leaves Brooklyn for her childhood home in Jamaica. But Pearline isn’t prepared for a tense reunion with her sisters or for her father’s startling deathbed wish that she repair their long-broken family legacy and find the sister and two brothers no one has seen in more than 50 years.

Moving through time and place, from modern-day Brooklyn and Montego Bay to 1930s Havana and back again, 
The House of Plain Truth is a journey through generational secrets and a family coming to terms with its past.

Inspired by the author's own history, this soulful novel explores a fascinating story of immigration, divided loyalties, and what one woman must sacrifice in her attempt to find home.