Family Lies

FAMILY LIES begins the story of the wealthy and mighty Augustus family. The book opens in 1937. Patriarch, Walter Augustus holds a tight rein on his family. He has managed to keep the secrets of both current and prior generations. As the war approaches, the protected world of the family is changing and their secrets threaten to become public knowledge. Walter fears that the good name of the family, and their vast and varied business interests, will be damaged. To his dismay, Sharon Chatsworth, local gossip columnist, and rumor-monger, is reporting much too often on Sylvia and John's exploits. For a family that has long stood by the belief that a woman’s name should appear in the paper only three times, at her birth, wedding, and death, this exposure is completely unacceptable.