Papers of Janice Daugharty, MS-22

VSU Archives

ID	Title	Characters	Setting	Brief Review (Events)	Number of pages or number of words	Additional information	Box #	Folder #	Date published
222	Burning of the Heifer/Necessary Lies	Cliffie Flowers Pappy Ocain Roy Harris Mary Helen Mama Aunt Teat's Brother Leory Maude	Poverty-ridden backwoods of south Georgia	Necessary Lies tells the story of Cliffie Flowers, a courageous seventeen-year-old girl who becomes pregnant and fears the rage and disappointment of her father, but secretly hopes that her pregnancy might represent an escape from the oppressive community where she is trapped. Those hopes are dashed when Cliffie is accused of murders she did not commit, and she is forced to hide her own innocence by telling the necessary lies that will keep hidden the shameful secrets of her father's past. With gritty determination Cliffie refuses to succumb to the overwhelming despair of her life, and she faces her fate with courage.	160	Burning of the Heifer/Necessary Lies-Spell checked perforated pp30-44 assorted handwritten notes	24	6	1995