The Year of Necessary Lies

By Kris Radish

Book Overview

One amazing year in a remarkable woman s life journey becomes the inspiration for generations when she takes a huge risk, follows her heart, embraces forbidden love, and unwittingly becomes the champion of a winged world that is on the brink of extinction. It's 1903, the world is poised for drastic change, and Julia Briton is a naive, beautiful Boston socialite who suffers a series of devastating losses and discovers that her beloved husband is involved in the plume trade--the massive slaughter of birds for use in the fashion industry. When Julia is secretly ushered into the early 20th century by a group of brazen female activists, she boldly risks everything and embarks on a perilous journey to the wilds of untamed Florida, a place of great danger where men will stop at nothing to get what they want and where one man, and a faithful friend, force her to make yet more life-changing decisions. Years later, when Julia's great-granddaughter, Kelly, discovers some hidden tape recordings in her famous great-grandmother s dresser and learns the real truth about Julia's year, a year that changed the course of history, she must decide what to do with her grandmother s incredible legacy. Will she keep the real "secret of the year", or will she be brave enough to follow her own heart?

USA Best Book Awards: Fiction: Historical, Finalist

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1940716519
• ISBN13: 9781940716510
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Sparkpress
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 16 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 11 to 5