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When Adam meets Maya, a fiercely intelligent girl, he desperately wants to be the normal, great guy that she thinks he is.

An experimental drug promises to help him hide his illness from the world. His hallucinations include a cast of characters that range from the good (beautiful Rebecca) to the bad (angry Mob Boss) to the just plain weird (polite naked guy). Adam is a pretty regular teen-he's just navigating high school life while living with paranoid schizophrenia.

When you can't trust your mind, trust your heart. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Charlie Plummer, AnnaSophia Robb, and Taylor Russell Fans of More Happy Than Not, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and It's Kind of a Funny Story will cheer for Adam in this uplifting and surprisingly funny story of a boy living with schizophrenia. Just as Ruth is about to uncover a burning secret her family desperately wants to keep hidden, a heart-stopping incident strains the town’s already searing racial tensions, sending Ruth and Midnight on a collision course that could upend both their lives.Powerful and unforgettable, The Kindest Lie is the story of an American family and reveals the secrets we keep and the promises we make to protect one another. As she begins digging into the past, she unexpectedly befriends Midnight, a young white boy who is also adrift and looking for connection. She had promised her family she’d never look back, but Ruth knows that to move forward, she must make peace with the past.Returning home, Ruth discovers the Indiana factory town of her youth is plagued by unemployment, racism, and despair. She has never gotten over the baby she gave birth to-and was forced to leave behind-when she was a teenager. He’s eager to start a family, but Ruth is uncertain. In Chicago, Ruth Tuttle, an Ivy-League educated Black engineer, is married to a kind and successful man. Recommended by O Magazine * GMA * Elle * Marie Claire * Good Housekeeping * NBC News * Shondaland * Chicago Tribune * Woman's Day * Refinery 29 * Bustle * The Millions * New York Post * Parade * Hello! Magazine * PopSugar * and more!“The Kindest Lie is a deep dive into how we define family, what it means to be a mother, and what it means to grow up Black.beautifully crafted.” -JODI PICOULT"A fantastic story.well-written, timely, and oh-so-memorable."-Good Morning America“The Kindest Lie is a layered, complex exploration of race and class." -The Washington PostEvery family has its secrets.It’s 2008, and the inauguration of President Barack Obama ushers in a new kind of hope.