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A Virtuous Lie by Sam Halpern

A Virtuous Lie

by Sam Halpern

278 pages
A writer assigned a story that can save his magazine from demise is sent to get the life story of a mysterious older, still beautiful, wily woman lawyer who sees the interview as a way of saving her organization, which champions poor women. The writer's life is changed by the encounter.

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About the Book
Devon Emmanuel is a talented writer known for his journalistic integrity. He is also disillusioned with life. He works for a venerable New York magazine struggling to stay afloat by attracting a wealthy dowager interested in women's issues. She is hesitant to invest in the company because it isn't sufficiently oriented toward women.

Suddenly the magazine gets a call from Alessandra Gittleman, a woman who has spent thirty-eight years as an attorney for low-income women in Los Angeles. She's brilliant, funny, fashionable and can still gather herself into an alluring vision. Beloved by her clients, feared by authorities, she is celebrated, notorious and a woman of mystery. A stupendous piece on Gittleman might just save the magazine.

Devon's editor tells him before he leaves for Los Angeles, "Above all, get Alessandra's personal story." Devon encounters a wily, manipulative woman whose efforts to control the interview kindle his resolve to expose the mystery he's sure she's hiding. After the story is published, he is shocked by what he discovers. While exploring Alessandra's life, however, Devon reclaims his own passion for life.

 

 

About the Author
Sam Halpern Beloved "Dad" in NY Times bestseller Sh*t My Dad Says and author of the novel A Far Piece to Canaan, Sam Halpern grew up on sharecropping farms in Kentucky and became a physician and professor at the University of California Medical School. A Virtuous Lie is his second novel.

 

 

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