Books like Little Bitty Lies by Mary Kay Andrews
Mary Bliss McGowan lives in a suburban Atlanta neighborhood where divorce is as common as kudzu. When she finds a note from her husband, Parker, announcing he’s gone and taken the family fortune, Mary feels stunned and humiliated. Left with her 17‑year‑old daughter Erin and a mountain of debt, she decides to salvage what’s left of her life by telling a small lie. That lie begins to snowball, leading to Parker’s mysterious disappearance—and possibly his death. Little Bitty Lies follows Mary’s journey through marriage, divorce, mother‑daughter bonds, friendship, betrayal, and small‑town secrets in a comic Southern setting.
First publish date: 2003
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Mary Kay Andrews
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