Once Upon a Lie A simple cup of lemonade unites two lives leading to a maze of adultery and murder that shatters Alex s youthful innocence and Jaleel s struggle to reshape his life While the forces of the law try to
A simple cup of lemonade unites two lives, leading to a maze of adultery and murder that shatters Alex s youthful innocence and Jaleel s struggle to reshape his life While the forces of the law try to unravel a mysterious death or at least find a scapegoat the two youths see the trajectories of their lives entwine, unravel, and come together again Midwest Book Revie A simple cup of lemonade unites two lives, leading to a maze of adultery and murder that shatters Alex s youthful innocence and Jaleel s struggle to reshape his life While the forces of the law try to unravel a mysterious death or at least find a scapegoat the two youths see the trajectories of their lives entwine, unravel, and come together again Midwest Book ReviewOnce Upon a Lie is about two strangers who become unlikely friends, only to unintentionally put each other s life in jeopardy Jaleel Robeson, a gifted, eighteen year old black man, falsely accused of murdering his father in a small Texas town, is on the run He assumes a new identity in 1980s Los Angeles as a successful student on his way to college Alexandra Baten, a restless sixteen year old white girl, lives in a privileged Toluca Lake family but feels trapped by her parents values One weekend, she rides her bike into a run down neighborhood, meeting a young black man selling lemonade Thus begins a friendship between opposites, at least on the surface, but they learn they have in common than they imagine Told from each character s point of view in alternating chapters, we become involved in a gripping tale of two Americas where discontent and violence always lurk under the surface When they erupt, no one is safe Once Upon a Lie is both a family drama and a crime drama, as well as an exploration of interracial love, mother daughter relationships
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Michael R. French
1 best selling author Michael French graduated from Stanford University and Northwestern University He is a businessman and author who divides his time between Santa Barbara, California, and Santa Fe, New Mexico He is an avid high altitude mountain trekker, as well as a collector of first editions of twentieth century fiction.He has published twenty four books, including fiction, young adult fiction, biographies, and art criticism His novel, Abingdon s, was a bestseller and a Literary Guild Alternate Selection His young adult novel, Pursuit, was awarded the California Young Reader Medal The Reconstruction of Wilson Ryder was published January 2013.Mountains Beyond Mountains was published April 2013.Once Upon a Lie was published March 2016.