It's all about the thrill: The Truth and Other Hidden Things by Lea Geller

Release Date: April 6, 2021

About The Book: A freshly funny and heartfelt novel about one woman’s secret life, the stories she tells, and the thrill and notoriety of being noticed. On the same day Bells Walker learns that her IUD has failed, her husband, Harry, is denied tenure at his Manhattan university. So Bells, Harry, their two adolescent children, and her baby bump move to New York’s Hudson Valley, where Harry has landed a job at Dutchess College in the town of Pigkill. When the farm-to-table utopia Bells envisioned is anything but, she turns to the blogosphere. Under the pen name the County Dutchess, she anonymously dishes about life in Pigkill, detailing the activities of hypercompetitive parents and kombucha-drinking hipsters. Suddenly, Bells has a place to say all the things she’s been secretly thinking about being a wife and mother. As Bells turns the focus of her blog on her new neighbors, her readership continues to grow, but her scandalous posts hit closer to home: she puts Harry’s new job in jeopardy, derails her children’s lives, and risks the one real friendship she’s built. When Bells uncovers scandals right under her nose, the Dutchess goes viral, and soon everyone is asking, Who is the County Dutchess? Now Bells has to ask herself if it’s worth losing the people closest to her to finally feel noticed by everyone else.

My Thoughts

I absolutely adored this book! So when Bell's IUD fail her...well she is suddenly having an unexpected addition to the family...at age 43..Surprise! So when her husband is foreced to move from Manhattan...to Pigkill for his job...well things get a little bit crazy! What better way to fit in..than to dish the dirt on your new neighbors?? In a very public blog...under the fancy pants name of...The County Duchess.. I mean..you had me at blogger Bells...that being said..I was instantly drawn in...I couldn't put down this fun little guilty pleasure of a book!

I almost felt bad knowing Bells secret because she could be so ruthless..but alas..I must admit...I enjoyed the dishing of the dirt. As Bells struggled to keep her identity a secret, she also liked to play with fire a bit, will she go too far and get burnt? I kept yelling noooo Bells...girl you are going to get caught...She didn't listen...but did she pull it off? Fun,witty and relatable..I feel ya Bells! I loved it! This book was just what I needed. Thank you to Suzy Approved Tours and Lea Geller for my gifted copy!

About The Author:

Lea Geller is the author of Trophy Life. A recipient of the 2019 Kathryn Gurfein Writing Fellowship at Sarah Lawrence College, she began her writing career by blogging about her adventures in the trenches of parenting. Lea lives in New York with her husband and children, for whom she frequently wakes up and makes several separate breakfasts. When Lea’s not writing and eavesdropping on her children, she can be found running, gardening, drinking diner coffee, and occasionally teaching middle school English. She is a graduate of Columbia University and Stanford Law School. You can find Lea at www.leageller.com.

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