Lies They Told Christina Ricci is perfect for bibliophiles

is perfect for bibliophiles

and--most crucially--for young readers

Alice Austen uses her considerable gifts to remind us that the past and the present are more connected than we wish to believe

and will do anything to win her heart

Lies They Told Christina Ricci is perfect for bibliophilesA Simultaneous Hardcover Edition Also Available as Trade Paperback Original In 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