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A Million Little Lies is available from Amazon*. It is available through Kindle Unlimited. You can find Bette Lee Crosby's other novels here. Thank you for stopping by today. I appreciate it. Tomorrow I am featuring False Conclusion by Veronica Heley. It is the 14th A Bea Abbott Mystery. I hope you have a serene day. Take care, stay safe, and Happy Reading!
A Million Little Lies by Bette Lee Crosby has Suzanna Duff leaving town in the middle of the night with her
young daughter, Annie. Suzanna moved in
with Earl when she was pregnant after her father tossed her out. After what happened when Earl came home drunk,
Suzanna knows she needs to get Annie out of there. A nice man takes them as far as Cousins,
Georgia where she can catch a bus. Suzanna
plans on heading to New Jersey because a friend moved there three years
ago. Unfortunately, the bus had left for
the day. Annie is hungry and Suzanna
notices a flyer for the memorial lunch for William Parker. Ida Parker, the widow, grabs Suzanna’s arm
and call her Darla Jean. Ida has
mistaken Suzanna for her granddaughter whom she has not seen since she was an
infant. Ida insists that they stay with
her and Suzanna figures it would not hurt for one night. Ida is lonely since her husband passed. With the addition of Suzanna and Annie, Ida’s
home comes alive and she intends to keep it that way. Suzanna and Annie continue to live with Ida, and
they become a family. Then one day
someone from Suzanna’s past arrives in town.
Suzanna has a hard choice to make.
A Million Little Lies by Bette Lee Crosby is a heartwarming story. It
takes readers back to 1960 in a small Georgia town. I thought A Million Little Lies
was well-written with realistic characters.
The characters have their good points and their foibles. Suzanna told her first lie when she was ten
years old. It was just a white lie, but
it was the beginning. Suzanna and her
daughter, Annie were living with Earl until he went too far one night while drunk. She wants a better life for her child and
Earl was not setting a good example. Thanks
to a kindly man, the pair end up in Cousins, Georgia. Ida Parker had taken care of her husband for the
last two years while the cancer took away the man she loved. Her husband’s son, Thomas disappeared with
his wife and granddaughter when he announced he was marrying Ida. Ida misses having family. When she spots Suzanna at her husband’s
memorial, she reminds Ida of her granddaughter, Darla Jean. A series of circumstances have Suzanna and
Annie living with Ida. A Million Little Lies
is such a cute story. It did seem that
someone was watching over these three. I
was drawn right into the tale and I just kept reading until I finished it. There
is some foul language in the book that I wish had not been present. A Million Little Lies has Southern charm,
family, and wisdom. There are good life
lessons in this story with my favorite being that there is more than one type
of family. A Million Little Lies is a
feel-good story that lingers with you after you finish it.
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Kris
The Avid Reader
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Thank you so much for this lovely review. I am delighted that you enjoyed the book.
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