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The Kindest Lie
A Literary Fiction Novel by Nancy Johnson
Subgenres:
- Family Secrets,
- African American Fiction,
- 2008 America
This book is for you if you're into...
- Stories set during the Obama era with shifting social landscapes
- Family secrets colliding with small-town racial tensions
- Unlikely friendships that cross race and class lines
Recommended by O Magazine, GMA, Elle, Marie Claire, Good Housekeeping, NBC News, Shondaland, Chicago Tribune, Woman's Day, Refinery 29, Bustle, The Millions, New York Post, Parade, Hello! Magazine, PopSugar, and more!
Every family has its secrets...
It's 2008, and the inauguration of President Barack Obama ushers in a new kind of hope. In Chicago, Ruth Tuttle, an Ivy-League educated Black engineer, is married to a kind and successful man. He's eager to start a family, but Ruth is uncertain. She has never gotten over the baby she gave birth to—and was forced to leave behind—when she was a teenager. She had promised her family she'd never look back, but Ruth knows that to move forward, she must make peace with the past.
Returning home, Ruth discovers the Indiana factory town of her youth is plagued by unemployment, racism, and despair. As she begins digging into the past, she unexpectedly befriends Midnight, a young white boy who is also adrift and looking for connection. Just as Ruth is about to uncover a burning secret her family desperately wants to keep hidden, a heart-stopping incident strains the town's already searing racial tensions, sending Ruth and Midnight on a collision course that could upend both their lives.
Powerful and unforgettable, The Kindest Lie is the story of an American family and reveals the secrets we keep and the promises we make to protect one another.
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