August Book Group: The Kindest Lie
Thu, Aug 24
|The Literary
Powerful and unforgettable, THE KINDEST LIE is the story of an American family and reveals the secrets we keep and the promises we make to protect one another.
Time & Location
Aug 24, 2023, 7:00 PM
The Literary, 122 N Neil St, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
About the Event
Join UCRJ for our August Book Group: The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson
Our discussion will be led by Dr. Jeannie Ludlow (she/her), Professor of English; Director of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Eastern Illinois University
Every family has its secrets...
It’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.
Returning home, Ruth discovers the Indiana factory town of her youth is plagued by unemployment, racism, and despair. As she begins digging…