Kindest Lie

<p><strong>Recommended by <em>O Magazine</em> * GMA * <em>Elle</em> * <em>Marie Claire</em> * <em>Good Housekeeping</em> * NBC News * <em>Shondaland </em>* <em>Chicago Tribune</em> * <em>Woman's Day </em>* Refinery 29 * Bustle * The Millions * <em>New York Post * Parade</em> * <em>Hello! Magazine</em> * <em>PopSugar</em> * and more!</strong></p><p><strong><em>The Kindest Lie</em> is a deep dive into how we define family what it means to be a mother and what it means to grow up Black...beautifully crafted. --JODI PICOULT</strong></p><p><strong>A fantastic story...well-written timely and oh-so-memorable.--<em>Good Morning America</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>The Kindest Lie</em> is a layered complex exploration of race and class. --<em>The Washington Post</em></strong></p><p><em>Every family has its secrets...</em></p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Powerful and unforgettable <em>The Kindest Lie</em> is the story of an American family and reveals the secrets we keep and the promises we make to protect one another.</p>