Truth and Lies (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Reynolds Price
- First Published: 1970
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The 1960's
- Setting: Kinley, a small town near the North Carolina-Virginia border
- Principal Characters: Sarah Wilson, Nathan Wilson, Ella Scott, Mr. Whitlow
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: Marriage, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Substance abuse, Adultery
- Locales: Virginia, North Carolina
The Story
Sarah Wilson has spent her life in Kinley, a rural community in that area north of Raleigh, North Carolina, and south of Richmond, Virginia. She has left the area only for the four years she spent in college preparing to become a teacher. When she finished her training, she had no real reason to return to Kinley. Both her parents were dead, and she was their only child. She decided to take the best offer when she entered the job market, but instead took the first offer. It came from Nathan Wilson, who had been principal for three years of the school in Ogburn, the...
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