The Truth According To Ember

 Danica Nava is the author of the fiction novel called The Truth According To Ember. This is a contemporary novel set in Oklahoma in current time. Ember is a high school graduate with a few years of community college under her belt. Her education is cut short by her younger brother's need for bail money. Ember and her younger brother were raised by her aunt, her mother's sister, after being abandoned as children. Their father is in jail and has no relationship with either of his children. Ember moved to town because of the many job opportunities available. Ember wants to be an accountant but is currently working at a bowling alley cleaning shoes, cleaning toilets, and delivering food and drinks. She has a party girl as a roommate. Ember finally earns a corporate job by bending the truth. She claims to be white instead of native and she is half white. She claims to have accounting experience and she has some working at the bowling alley but that is not her main job. She claims to have an accounting certificate when all she really has is a course credit in accounting. Ember is a hard-working creative problem solver which quickly makes her rise to the top in the corporate world. Her success angers others. Ember finally has to decide whether to keep bending the truth (a path which leads to larger and larger bends) or come clean which could undo all her success. I enjoyed reading about Ember. I could totally relate to her decisions. On another note, have you noticed the book covers on recent books? All seem to be saturated with color and feature faces on the cover.