Necessary Lies

Set in rural North Carolina during 1960, the story follows a fresh-out-of-university social worker named Jane Forrester. Tasked with working in the impoverished tobacco fields of Grace County, she becomes entangled with the Hart family and their fifteen-year-old daughter, Ivy. After uncovering a shocking local secret rooted in the state’s historical eugenics sterilization program, Jane is thrust into a profound moral dilemma that threatens both her career and her marriage.