SuitabookThe honest truth
Dan Gemeinhart
- Reading
- Consider reading together if illness or difficult choices feel close to home. Pause to ask what Mark and Jessie each know and value, while leaving room for different views about trust and care.
- Themes
- Loyalty and trust: Jessie wonders whether to betray Mark’s trust while he pursues his plan. The alternating chapters place Jessie’s uncertainty alongside Mark’s determination, leaving room to weigh loyalty against concern.
- A journey told in alternating chapters: The story alternates between Mark’s plan to climb Mount Rainier and Jessie’s uncertainty about whether to betray his trust. Moving between the two characters gives the reader access to both a determined journey and a friend’s dilemma.
- Worth knowing
- Mark’s serious illness, including cancer, and the prospect that he may not recover are central to the premise.