LESSONS FROM A LIAR: One woman’s struggle with life on the ugly side of survival

By Emily Lindsey

In this novel inspired by true events, Emily Lindsey tells the gripping story of a woman who must choose between hope and despair when she encounters the problems of living life without a safety net, discovering an inner strength she never knew she had.Set in Central Florida, this saga spans the late 1980's to the present time. Written as a cautionary tale from a collection of journals and family anecdotes, depicting events beyond the authors control. When faced with racism, violence, tragedy and hardship, discover what one woman experienced while living life, raising her bi-racial family in a harsh and unforgiving climate. Follow this uncommon story through decades of fighting to maintain her identity and dignity, estranged from her white family, raising bi-racial sons in a difficult environment. Witness how she tries to help her drug addicted spouse while keeping her family whole. His tragic death pushes her to the edge, and she comes close to giving up her kids and her life. Be drawn into the tragic episodes of abuse, abandonment, extreme tragedy, and violent attacks, and learn how she escapes a world of domestic violence, drugs, poverty, homelessness, depression and works through her concrete plans of suicide.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1090997701
• ISBN13: 9781090997708
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.1" x 6.0"