03134cam a2200541 4500 2603111819 TxAuBib 20251027120000.0 ||||||s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781250010704 1250010705 B00C74VCMM Amazon 8b1c5a4f-f203-4893-ba01-ff711b8e86d8 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1266372 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Chamberlain, Diane, 1950- Necessary Lies [Sunflower eLibrary eBook] : A Novel. St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2013. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. African American women. Forced sterilization. best selling writers. eugenics program. dian chamberlin. North Carolina. discrimination. American South. heartbreaking. Coming of age. Jim Crow era. black women. segregation. motherhood. uplifting. prejudice. children. racism. 1960s. rural. HTML:<p><b>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<br /></b><br /> 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.<br /> 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.<br /> Set in rural Grace County, North Carolina in a time of state-mandated sterilizations and racial tension, <i>Necessary Lies</i> 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?</p>. Historical Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2025-10-26 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/necessary-lies-8b1c5a?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/necessary-lies-8b1c5a?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)