7/5/2023 0 Comments The kindest lie book![]() Here, Johnson’s lens widens to address the increasing racial divide following Obama’s election, and she dramatizes it through a friendship forged between Ruth and an 11-year-old white boy named Midnight, whose abusive father also lost his job. With the auto plant that employed her brother, Eli, and her grandfather now closed, the town is reeling. Still, Ruth returns to Ganton, determined to find her son before she starts a family with Xavier. Her grandmother, Mama, who raised her, encouraged Ruth to give up her son to fulfill her dreams, and now, after Ruth asks for help in finding him, Mama tells Ruth not to go digging up the past. ![]() However, her marriage hits a rocky spot when, during a talk with her husband, Xavier, about having children, she reveals she had a son at age 17. Ruth Tuttle, 29, feels like she’s made it: she’s married to a Pepsi exec and thriving in her own career as a chemical engineer. Johnson’s sharp debut takes a deep dive into the life of a Black Chicago woman after the 2008 presidential election. ![]()
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