White Lies by Sarah Collins Honenberger

Welcome
Please click the links at the top of this page to learn more about White Lies and author Sarah Honenberger. Please note that I have a new web address, www.ReadHonenberger.com. Both sites will continue to redirect to this site for the time being.

Breaking News
My story chosen by John Grisham as second place winner to appear in August 14 issue of the HooK. “Dancing on the Ledge” was one of the three top winners in the annual fiction contest, and Grisham also chose one of my stories as the third place winner. The first time this has ever happened in the history of the HooK contest. Read the story in the August 14 issue, online through the HooK website or watch for my blog entry with the link.

An Introduction to White Lies
A mother’s worst nightmare, Lacy Kellam’s three month-old son Danny stops breathing one June morning in 1969. The doctors never tell her what caused his seizures or the permanent brain damage that follows.

For three and a half decades government-mandated vaccinations have sent thousands of infants into seizures and encephalitic shock, leaving many brain damaged and handicapped for life. Danny Kellam is one of those babies. Lacy, though, takes her grandmother’s mountain wisdom to heart and never gives up seeking an answer.

Engaging and upbeat despite childhood poverty and abuse, Lacy manages with feisty determination and quick humor, to hold her own against the seasoned Justice Department lawyer. A tale of courage and perseverance, White Lies offers understanding and hope to the myriad families who live with vaccine-injured children.

Intrigued? Want to read more? Click the White Lies link at the top of the page to find out more about the book.

Book clubs are encouraged to peruse the author's suggested discussion questions in Readings & Events.

See the events page for upcoming opportunities to meet the author.

Buy the Book
Click the picture of the book cover above for information about purchasing White Lies.

Second Novel Publication Date Set
For those of you who remember the Waltzing Cowboys excerpt that won the 2004 HooK fiction contest, he's back. Publication date for my second novel has been set for January 2009.

Aging cowboy Rhue Hogan can’t remember falling off the wild mare, but the leg cast and the burial of his best friend are enough to send him back to New York City to find the son he’s never met. When his son 40 year-old Ford Hogan leaves the city to bury his mother’s ashes, he invites Evie Newton, a young woman he barely knows, to help him explore his Puritan roots. As Ford and Rhue chase their private demons, a midget psychic, two juvenile delinquents, a boy fisherman, and a cynical detective come to the rescue. Entranced by a desire to love and be loved, but scared of commitment, both father and son dance around the possibility of redemption until they discover that heartfelt words have the power to build bridges.

Copley News Review Spreads Across Country
The July 3rd Copley News Service review of White Lies has been reprinted from Bend, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. Like the AP wire, newspapers as subscribers to the Copley service use the review in their own book sections. The review says, in part: "White Lies is a brilliant debut by a fine new novelist, a rare gem - a superbly written tale that deals with the sorts of things that matter most in life. . . It may well become a source of pride for those of us who will one day be able to say that we discovered Sarah Collins Honenberger before her second and later novels made her famous."

Live Interview Posted
Honenberger’s television interview for the Blue Ridge Regional Library is available for viewing online at Blip TV.

VFH posts Honenberger's Review Online
To read her recommendation of Olmstead's novel Coal Black Horse, as it appeared in The Daily Progress, click here. Watch My Space for White Lies and one of Honenberger's recent television interviews.

Enthralled readers on their Caribbean cruise ship.