For nearly forty years, Marsh Rose shared an unconventional yet deeply intimate bond with Jack. Though they maintained separate homes and never married, their routine was an anchor: two nights a week spent together, daily phone calls, and decades of shared history, support, and companionship. Jack was her steady partner through homes, careers, crises, and celebrations. Then, without warning, he completely vanished.

Ten days of frantic searching led to a shocking discovery. Jack was incapacitated by a hemorrhagic stroke—unable to speak, his memory erased. But the medical emergency was only the beginning of a profound crisis; he had been living an entirely separate life with a woman who knew him by a different name.

A Version of the Truth is a literary memoir written with humor, honesty, and psychological insight. Through one extraordinary personal story, Marsh Rose explores love, loss, identity, and the resilience required to move forward when certainty is impossible.

As Marsh navigates her new reality, she is ultimately forced to grapple with universal questions: What does it truly mean to know another person? And how do we find closure when life leaves us with an unsolvable mystery?

by Marsh Rose
Page Count: 112
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Publish Date: September 7, 2025
Imprint: Sunbury Press
Genre: Memoir

Biography & Autobiography/Memoirs
Biography & Autobiography/Women
Family & Relationships/Love & Romance