Necessary Lies

Alison Elliott is a social worker in North Carolina who is assigned to work with a family of three children whose parents are both in jail. The oldest child, Jane, is 16 and pregnant. The middle child, Jamie, is 14 and has a history of getting into trouble. The youngest child,

Jenny, is 6. Alison is tasked with helping the children cope with their parents’ incarceration and ensuring that they have the resources they need to stay safe and healthy.

Necessary Lies belongs to a series of books by Diane Chamberlain.

The story is set in North Carolina in the late 1990s. It centers around a young woman named Ivy, who is working as a social worker. She is assigned to work with a family of three children, who are living in poverty. The mother is suffering from mental illness, and the father is addicted to drugs. Ivy begins to form a bond with the family, and she starts to feel like she is a part of their lives. However, she is also constantly reminded of the fact that she is not really a part of their lives, and that she is there to help them, not to be their friend.

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