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.

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.

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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.

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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."

Honenberger Plans Her Own Disappearance
I'll be on a writing retreat in Florida (yes, sunny and warm) for four weeks beginning February 15. My intent is to finish the novel in progress, Catcher, Caught , inspired by another true story about a teenager with leukemia who was the impetus for the change in Virginia law about minors consenting to their own medical treatment. An excerpt has been posted on the stories page.

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.

New Short Story
The Stories page now includes Thomas Marsh: Sculpting Ideas and Hope, printed in OC Magazine's September issue.

Enthralled readers on their Caribbean cruise ship.