Jay Lewis is a troubled soul. A single father, just trying to keep everything together, he knows he sabotages any real chance of happiness.Tormented by nightmares and flashbacks, he can't forget the events from one fateful night that steered the course of the rest of his life. Struggling against the crushing weight of guilt, Jay knows there are wrongs he needs to put right. Determined to get closure, he seeks out old friends and a past love. But in his quest for a more peaceful future, is he ready to face the trauma of his past?Praise for Nutmeg:'A delicious confection. A tender fable about love and the power of the imagination to both sustain and heal us' Laura Harrington'A beautifully quirky gem of a novel' Laissez Faire'...a heartwarming story about love and the reasons why it's sometimes easier and kinder to tell lies rather than the truth... simply enchanting' Bookish Magpie'[A] quirky and touching tale' Woman's Weekly

A tender, charming and whimsical story about secrets, survival, love and cooking - a delicious treat for all romanticsMeg May can't remember anything about her early childhood but her cookery-obsessed, fairytale-telling mother has filled her in on all the important details. Meg knows that her father was a French chef who died in a tragic pastry-making accident; that as a premature baby she was put on a sunny windowsill to ripen; and that the scar on her cheek was the result of a nasty nip from one of her mother's crab cakes.But, at eight years old, Meg rebels against this fictional life and decides there and then to turn her back on the world of stories, determined to let logic rule every thought and deed.Now on the verge of a respected scientific career with a scientist boyfriend who believes only in facts, Meg is called home. Her mother is ill and as Meg spends one last beautiful summer baking, gardening and talking with her mother, rediscovering what's important,...

Meg can't remember anything about her childhood but hercookery-obsessed, fairytale-telling mother has filled her in on allthe important details. Meg knows that her father was a Frenchchef who died in a tragic pastry-making accident and that as apremature baby she was put on a sunny windowsill to ripen.But, at eight years old, Meg rebels against this fictional life,determined to let logic rule every thought and deed.Now on the verge of a scientific career, Meg is called home. Hermother is ill and as Meg spends one last summer rediscoveringthe truth about her childhood, she is faced with a humblingdecision: to live in a cold harsh reality, or envelop herself in awonderful world of make-believe.

If your mother can't seem to tell the truth...how true is your life?Meg May doesn't know what's true. And she needs to find out.Imaginative and free-spirited, Meg's mother created a life out of stories. Outlandish stories, really, the kind you can't possibly believe—unless your mother won't tell you anything else about your past. After all, how do you argue with someone who tells you that a spaghetti plant sprouted on your first birthday, that you used to take hot dogs for a walk, or that your father died in a tragic pastry-mixing accident?But as charming as those stories are, they aren't enough for Meg anymore. When her mother becomes ill, Meg decides she has to know the truth. As the two spend one last summer together, Meg can't convince her mother to reveal a thing about who they used to be—or who they are now.A delicious debut, full of warmth and quirky humor, From the Kitchen of Half Truth explores the stories we tell ourselves and...