{"product_id":"the-kindest-lie-9781799950400","title":"The Kindest Lie","description":"\u003cp\u003eNamed Most Anticipated of 2021 by Marie Claire and PopSugar \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Kindest Lie is a deep dive into how we define family, what it means to be a mother, what secrets we owe to those we love, and what it means to grow up Black. This beautifully crafted debut will keep you asking these questions and more.\" --Jodi Picoult \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterful, eye-opening novel about the profound racial injustices and class inequalities roiling society in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA promise could betray you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt'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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReturning 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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePowerful 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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e CD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Small, Shayna\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781799950400","brand":"Shayna Small","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33061426298955,"sku":"9781799950400","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_5ea8becd-48dd-4e66-84b1-b472be9c55f3.jpg?v=1612952289","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/the-kindest-lie-9781799950400","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}