Lies My Mother Never Told Me

<p>In her riveting memoir <em>Lies My Mother Never Told Me </em>Kaylie Jones--the daughter of author James Jones (<em>From Here to Eternity</em>) and an acclaimed author in her own right (<em>A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries; Celeste Ascending; As Soon As It Rains</em>)--tells the poignant story of her relationship with her famous father and her alcoholic mother and of her own struggles with the disease. A true story of privilege loss self-discovery and redemption <em>Lies My Mother Never Told Me </em>is Jones's unforgettable account of a not-quite-fairy-tale childhood and adulthood defined by two constants: literature and alcohol.</p>