When Grandma Teaches You to Lie is a collection of colorful tales from Jenny Prevattes childhood in rural North Carolina a time and place ruled by the cycles of farm life and the grace of God. A pivotal figure in Jennys life Grandma was a conventional Southern woman in many ways but unconventional in all the best ways. She instilled in Jenny a mischievous sense of humor fierce independence and good common sense--lessons we can all use today.