What is it about?
Bestselling author Diane Chamberlain delivers a breakout book about a small southern town fifty years ago, and the darkest—and most hopeful—places in the human heart
After losing her parents, fifteen-year-old Ivy Hart is left to care for her grandmother, older sister and nephew as tenants on a small tobacco farm. As she struggles with her grandmother’s aging, her sister’s mental illness and her own epilepsy, she realizes they might need more than she can give.
When Jane Forrester takes a position as Grace County’s newest social worker, she doesn’t realize just how much her help is needed. She quickly becomes emotionally invested in her clients' lives, causing tension with her boss and her new husband. But as Jane is drawn in by the Hart women, she begins to discover the secrets of the small farm—secrets much darker than she would have guessed. Soon, she must decide whether to take drastic action to help them, or risk losing the battle against everything she believes is wrong.
Set in rural Grace County, North Carolina in a time of state-mandated sterilizations and racial tension, Necessary Lies tells the story of these two young women, seemingly worlds apart, but both haunted by tragedy. Jane and Ivy are thrown together and must ask themselves: how can you know what you believe is right, when everyone is telling you it’s wrong?
After losing her parents, fifteen-year-old Ivy Hart is left to care for her grandmother, older sister and nephew as tenants on a small tobacco farm. As she struggles with her grandmother’s aging, her sister’s mental illness and her own epilepsy, she realizes they might need more than she can give.
When Jane Forrester takes a position as Grace County’s newest social worker, she doesn’t realize just how much her help is needed. She quickly becomes emotionally invested in her clients' lives, causing tension with her boss and her new husband. But as Jane is drawn in by the Hart women, she begins to discover the secrets of the small farm—secrets much darker than she would have guessed. Soon, she must decide whether to take drastic action to help them, or risk losing the battle against everything she believes is wrong.
Set in rural Grace County, North Carolina in a time of state-mandated sterilizations and racial tension, Necessary Lies tells the story of these two young women, seemingly worlds apart, but both haunted by tragedy. Jane and Ivy are thrown together and must ask themselves: how can you know what you believe is right, when everyone is telling you it’s wrong?
My Thoughts....
I gave this book 5 out of 5 stars!
Another amazing book by Diane Chamberlain! I could not stop reading this, it was such a great story. Although it was not a true story, I'm sure there were many situations like the ones described in this book that many women and men found themselves in. It doesn't surprise me that such a program existed and it doesn't surprise me that it was essentially hidden from the public for so long. I was so proud of Jane for sticking by her beliefs and doing what she believed to be right. I could feel myself getting annoyed at her husband for not supporting her, however I know that at the time of the story this was the way things were between women and men. I am so glad that I didn't grow up feeling de-valued that way because I am a women.
This book touched on many issues in society- poverty, human rights, racism, class-ism, loyalty, family and many more. However, the overall theme that I found in this book is stand up for your beliefs and be a voice for those who need to be heard but can't be because of the above list and societies perception of them.
This book touched on many issues in society- poverty, human rights, racism, class-ism, loyalty, family and many more. However, the overall theme that I found in this book is stand up for your beliefs and be a voice for those who need to be heard but can't be because of the above list and societies perception of them.
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