A breathtakingly honest memoir by the granddaughter of Vita Sackville-West this beautifully written recollection of the friends lovers & family who have played a vital role in Vanessa's life is a stunning sequel to the highly acclaimed ' Have You Been Good?' As a teenager Vanessa plays a game with her father they take turns to ask a question & the other must answer truthfully One day Vanessa asks ' Apart from with Mummy have you ever been so in love that you would have liked to marry someone else?' Her father is visibly shaken & as the truth emerges it becomes clear why Told as a series of fourteen lucid vignettes The Truth Game is both a haunting exploration of love loss & grief & a portrait of the discontent at the heart of one of Britain's most eminent families Nicolson distils the concept of truth down to the extraordinary experiences of real-life individuals with shocking & moving consequences