The Truest Book you know

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I have heard a saying before, something along the lines of "Write the truest sentence you know." The TRUEST one? Oh my, that's more of a challenge then you might first expect it to be. Who says that one truth is enough? Who says that my truth is your truth? Books are like that. It might hit you in a way that any other before it hasn't, but it still doesn't knock you down. It just stirs an emotion within you, not one that represents you per se, but one that makes you feel. Have you ever read a book that you felt represented you in every intimate way? As if, perhaps, the author followed you around for awhile, cataloging this nuance or that nuance, things you don't really think about? Things that are so desperately you that when you read the book it knocks you off your feet? I thought I have before, but apparently I was so very wrong. I read a book recently, and the genre doesn't truly matter. Nor do the title of the book. However, the main character's living situation, I felt as if the author had looked into my very soul and rung out all the dirty little secrets within. I didn't feel gutted or raw, I felt elated. I felt... relieved. I felt free. The character was like me in many ways, but so far apart from me all at once. I felt closer to myself whilst reading this, and was able to laugh out loud whilst doing so as well. I had to leave a review for the author, because unbeknowst to her, she unlocked something deep within that made me feel again. Feel so deeply that I hadn't realized I wasn't truly feeling until now...