THE TRUTH:
I’m a Girl, I’m Smart and I Know Everything
(Ages 8-12)

Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein

THE TRUTH is a delightful, humorous secret diary, written by a girl who is 10-11 years of age. She is wise and yet so innocent. Her words acknowledge those priceless ‘truths’ that we all knew as kids. She makes us cry and laugh and see ourselves.

Behind this very easy read is the psychological message to the girls reading THE TRUTH that they can and must keep the fire and passion of their girlhoods as they grow up and have the courage to carry the most precious parts of themselves into adulthood. For parents the book is a way that they can fly back to who they were as kids. Once parents are back in the place where their kids live, then listening, trust and real sharing can begin. Every girl and ever parent wants this kind of TRUTH!

“This wonderful story is about a girl on the cusp of puberty, as spoken in her own voice. She is childish and immature, but she is wise beyond her years....I could feel her pain and her joy as she struggled with the issues of her transition from childhood to adolescence. I laughed and cried as I read it. It is a delightful reading experience.” Barbara Fleischer, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist and Psychoanalyst.