u003cpu003eNamed a Most Anticipated book by O Magazine * GMA * Elle * Marie Claire * Good Housekeeping * NBC News * Shondaland * Chicago Tribune * Woman's Day * Refinery 29 * Bustle * The Millions * New York Post * Parade * Hello! Magazine * PopSugar * and more!u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003eu003c/pu003e u003cpu003e"The Kindest Lie 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 PICOULTu003c/pu003e u003cpu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003eu003c/pu003e u003cpu003e"A fantastic story...well-written, timely, and oh-so-memorable."--Good Morning Americau003c/pu003e u003cpu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003eu003c/pu003e u003cpu003e"The Kindest Lie is a layered, complex exploration of race and class." --The Washington Postu003cbru003e u003cbru003eu003c/pu003e u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cpu003eA promise could betray you.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eIt'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.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eReturning 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 traumatic incident strains the town's already searing racial tensions, sending Ruth and Midnight on a collision course that could upend both their lives.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003ePowerful and revealing, The Kindest Lie captures the heartbreaking divide between Black and white communities and offers both an unflinching view of motherhood in contemporary America and the never-ending quest to achieve the American Dream.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003e u003c/pu003e
