The Truth Project is a mixed media novel-in-verse about a girl named Cordelia who finds out via an online ancestry kit that she is the product of an affair. What can you tell us about The Truth Project? It took me a long time, but eventually I made it happen! I always loved writing, but it was during a creative writing class in college that I realized I wanted to do this and write a novel. When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer? I’m from Alaska, I love reading about alien abductions, and I don’t eat mushrooms.
Hi, Dante! Can you tell us 3 random things about you? Her debut novel, The Truth Project is out now with Quill Tree Books / HarperCollins. When she’s not writing, she dabbles in baking, decorating, painting, and reading up on enneagram personality types. She lives in Anchorage, Alaska with her husband, four daughters, and room full of alien memorabilia-and books, of course. The novel is a lot shorter than it looks thanks to the numerous text message conversations that happen throughout, something I also appreciated about Dante’s first book, “The Truth Project” - though that book was narrated in verse instead of prose.Dante Medema is an author of books for young readers. I flew through this book, trying to figure out the mystery of Vanessa’s death, haunted by Bailey’s grief and entranced by the intertwined relationships between the characters in this book. But I have lost friendships before - thankfully, they are all still alive - and I can tell you with absolute confidence that Medema portrays the lingering love towards a lost friend and the sharpness of betrayal in a stunning way. Now, I am possibly one of the worst people to review this book for accuracy, as I am not from Alaska, have never experienced the death of a loved one and know close to nothing about artificial intelligence. But as Bailey continues to talk to this fake-Vanessa, as well as her other friends from school, she begins to realize there may have been more to Vanessa’s death than anyone originally thought. In a grief-stricken moment, Bailey decides to bring Vanessa back to life as a chat bot, uploading texts, emails and social media posts to a program she steals from her computer scientist mother’s hard drive. And then one night, during the snowy Alaskan winter, Vanessa dies in a car crash. Content warning: this review discusses potentially triggering plot points in a book, including death and grief.įull honesty, as I read this book and as I am now writing this review, I am currently suffering through the worst cold I’ve had since 2019 (turns out, mask-wearing works).So forgive me if anything I say about Dante Medema’s delightful sophomore novel, “Message Not Found,” is entirely incoherent, but I think I’d also be incoherent if I was perfectly well because … wow.īailey and Vanessa are best friends, as close as sisters and absolutely inseparable.
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