The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise

A Good Morning America Buzz Pick * A Marie Claire Book Club Pick for April * A Reader’s Digest Book Club Pick for April * A LibraryReads Pick * One of Southern Living’s Most Anticipated 2023 Releases * One of Today’s Most Anticipated 2023 Releases An unforgettable pairing of a college dropout and an eighty-four-year-old woman on the run from the law in this story full of tremendous heart,humorand wit from the USA Today bestselling author of The Invisible Husband of Frick Island. Twenty-one-year-old Tanner Quimby needs a place to live. Preferably one where she can continue sitting around in sweatpants and playing video games nineteen hours a day. Since she has no credit or money to speak ofher options are limitedso when an opportunity to work as a live-in caregiver for an elderly woman falls into her lapshe takes it. One slip on the rug. ThatΓÇÖs all it took for Louise WiltΓÇÖs daughter to demand that Louise have a full-time nanny living with her. Never mind that she can still walk finefinish her daily crossword puzzleand pour the two fingers of vodka she drinks every afternoon. Bottom line: Louise wants a caretaker even less than Tanner wants to be one. The two start off their living arrangement happily ignoring each other until Tanner starts to notice thingsΓÇöweird things. Likewhy does Louise keep her garden shed locked up tighter than a prison? And why is the local news fixated on the suspect of one of the biggest jewelry heists in American history who looks eerily like Louise? And why does Louise suddenly appear in her roomwith a packed bag at 1 a.m. insisting that they leave town immediately? Thus begins the story of a not-to-be-underestimated elderly woman and an aimless young woman whoΓÇöif they can outrun the mistakes of their pastΓÇömight just have the greatest adventure of their lives.