Anna Trusty
Tinted
A YA coming-of-age novel set against the revolutionary backdrop of May 68. Under a Dancing Star meets Love is for Losers. For hopeless dreamer Sandra, the Sixties definitely aren’t swinging. Real life just doesn’t measure up to the lives of her favourite literary heroines. That’s until Luc (gorgeous and French), walks into her life and into her heart. When Luc returns home to France, Sandra jumps on a train and follows him and her dreams to a fairy tale chateau.
But reality catches up with Sandra and shatters her illusion of becoming a romantic heroine. Emerging from the emotional wreckage, she finds a wider world on the brink of revolution. As violence spreads through the streets of Paris, can Sandra meet the real world on its own terms? And might she even find a real life beyond her wildest dreams?
Much like her protagonist, Anna is a shameless dreamer. She grew up in Yorkshire, Canada, the Shetlands and Russia. Consequently, she is very tolerant of the cold and has never felt that she quite fits in. She studied History of Art and French at university before becoming a teacher. Anna loves perfectly imperfect heroines who stomp and trip through the pages of history. So much so that she wrote an article about them for Leaf Journal.