Bibliograph

The kindest lie, a novel, Nancy Johnson

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The kindest lie, a novel, Nancy Johnson

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The kindest lie

Responsibility statement

Nancy Johnson

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Its 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. Hes eager to start a family, but Ruth is uncertain. She has never gotten over the baby she gave birth toand was forced to leave behindwhen she was a teenager. She had promised her family shed 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 traumatic incident strains the towns already searing racial tensions, sending Ruth and Midnight on a collision course that could upend both their lives.--Publisher

Target audience

adult

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