The Year of Necessary Lies

A Novel

Kris Radish

• Publisher: SparkPress
• Year: 2015
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9781940716503
• Subtopic: Literature General
• Index: Literature

One amazing year in a remarkable woman¹s life journey becomes the inspiration for generations when she takes a huge risk, follows her heart, embraces forbidden love, and unwittingly becomes the champion of a winged world that is on the brink of extinction. It’s 1903, the world is poised for drastic change, and Julia Briton is a naive, beautiful Boston socialite who suffers a series of devastating losses and discovers that her beloved husband is involved in the plume trade—the massive slaughter of birds for use in the fashion industry. When Julia is secretly ushered into the early 20th century by a group of brazen female activists, she boldly risks everything and embarks on a perilous journey to the wilds of untamed Florida, a place of great danger where men will stop at nothing to get what they want and where one man, and a faithful friend, force her to make yet more life-changing decisions. Years later, when Julia’s great-granddaughter, Kelly, discovers some hidden tape recordings in her famous great-grandmother¹s dresser and learns the real truth about Julia’s year, a year that changed the course of history, she must decide what to do with her grandmother¹s incredible legacy. Will she keep the real “secret of the year”, or will she be brave enough to follow her own heart?

USA Best Book Awards: Fiction: Historical, Finalist

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Praise for Kris Radish
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Author’s Note
• An Honest Introduction by the Great-Granddaughter
• Tape One A Loss of Great Proportions
• The Great-Granddaughter Does Not Know Everything
• Tape Two Grieving Be Damned
• The Namesake Kelly Girl Spins Back in Time
• Tape Three The Doctor’s Prescription Changes Everything
• Tape Four A Shocking Revelation and a Spy is Born
• Tape Five A Month of Amazing Feats and Encounters
• Resurrecting The Liar’s Brow, Kidnapping, and Joni Mitchell
• Tape Six Feathers in the Sky and a Moment Unlike Any Other
• The Sadness of Loss and Forgotten Passions
• The Arrival of the New Mrs. Julia Briton
• Tape Eight The Most Frightening Day as Truth is Revealed
• Tape Nine Yet More Loss and Confusion
• Tape Ten Some Most Important Changers Claim Nellie
• Tape Eleven Speaking to the Moon as the Heart Takes a Leap
• Tape Twelve A Moment or Two of Resurrection
• Tape Thirteen Maintenance and Restoration for the Daring Wife
• Tape Fourteen Queen of the Sea and a Blossoming Heart
• Tape Fifteen Southern Charm and a Hint of Charles
• Tape Sixteen Sketching Changes on a Sea of Calm
• Tape Seventeen A New World of Wonder and Worry
• Tape Eighteen The Chronicles of a Bird Woman
• Tape Nineteen Perilous Pelican Island
• Tape Twenty A Touch of Fame and Two Many Flames
• Tape Twenty-One Courage and Light on the River of Life
• Tape Twenty-Two The Bird Woman Searches for New Nests
• Tape Twenty-Three A Dangerous Encounter in the Swamp of Life
• Tape Twenty-Four Lessons in Life and Love
• Tape Twenty-Five In the Nest for Good
• The Defining Moments of All the Lives
• Acknowledgements
• About the Author
• SELECTED TITLES FROM SPARKPRESS