The release date for the English version of 'The Kindest Lie' by
Nancy Johnson is Feb 2022. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
All families have their secrets.
A new type of optimism is ushered in with President Barack Obama's inauguration in 2008. Ruth Tuttle is a Black engineer from Chicago who attended Ivy League schools and is married to a prosperous and loving guy. 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. Ruth knew that in order to go on, she needed to make peace with her past, even though she had vowed to her family that she would never look back.
When Ruth goes back to her childhood mill town in Indiana, she finds it to be depressing, racist, and jobless. As she begins digging into the past, she unexpectedly befriends Midnight, a young white boy who is also adrift and looking for connection. Ruth is about to learn a shocking truth that her family is doing all in its power to keep hidden when a dramatic occurrence exacerbates the already intense racial tensions in the community, setting Ruth and Midnight up for a potentially disastrous confrontation.
The Kindest Lie is a gripping and enduring tale of an American family that exposes the secrets we hold and the vows we make to look out for one another.