Necessary Lies by Janice Daugharty was a book I had to read in college. I got to meet the author during a book tour and my copy of this book was autographed by the author. This book was an interesting read. Unfortunately the book is now out of print and is only available on ebook, as I writing this blog I found it on Amazon and its available on Kindle.
Set in the poverty-ridden backwoods of south Georgia, this novel tells the story of Cliffie Flowers, a courageous seventeen-year-old girl who becomes pregnant. Cliffie fears the rage and disappointment of her defeated father, but secretly hopes that her pregnancy might represent an escape from the oppressive, tight-knit community in which she is trapped. Those hopes are shattered when violence erupts and Cliffie is accused of murders she did not commit. In order to keep hidden the shameful secrets of her father's past, she is forced to hide her own innocence and stand by the necessary lies that will torment her. Despite the poverty and despair of her life, Cliffie refuses to succumb to the overwhelming bleakness as she faces her fate with a courage and hope that make her one of the most remarkable heroines in recent fiction. Written in a distinctive voice that captures the tone and texture of rural Georgia and full of remarkably human characters, Necessary Lies marks the emergence of an important new voice in Southern literature.
A powerful and poignant coming-of-age novel marks the emergence of an important and critically acclaimed new voice in Southern literature.
If you find a copy of this book you will not be able to put it down all the way to the end.
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