The Lies They Told

A Simultaneous Trade Paperback Edition—Also Available in HardcoverIn rural 1930s Virginia, a young immigrant mother fights for her dignity and those she loves against America’s rising eugenics mov ...

A Simultaneous Trade Paperback Edition—Also Available in HardcoverIn rural 1930s Virginia, a young immigrant mother fights for her dignity and those she loves against America’s rising eugenics movement – when widespread support for policies of prejudice drove imprisonment and forced sterilizations based on class, race, disability, education, and country of origin – in this tragic and uplifting novel of social injustice, survival, and hope for readers of Susan Meissner, Kristin Hannah, and Christina Baker Kline.When Lena Conti—a young, unwed mother—sees immigrant families being forcibly separat