The Cost of Being True by True, Elizabeth Hatcher
The Cost of Being True by True, Elizabeth Hatcher

The Cost of Being True

Respect tradition. Protect the family name. And when necessary, distort reality.1965 Columbia, South Carolina. For generations, the...
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Author: Elizabeth Hatcher True
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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The Cost of Being True by True, Elizabeth Hatcher

The Cost of Being True

$40.00
The Cost of Being True by True, Elizabeth Hatcher

The Cost of Being True

$40.00
Author: Elizabeth Hatcher True
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

Respect tradition. Protect the family name. And when necessary, distort reality.

1965 Columbia, South Carolina. For generations, the True family has lived by these unspoken rules... until sixteen-year-old Lydia arrives at her aunt Cecyl and grandmother Annie's home with an innocent high school assignment: interview your oldest relative. Prompted by sharp-tongued Cecyl, the family's black sheep, a decades-long saga unfolds. As Lydia pieces together her family's hidden past, she confronts the crippling truths of class, connections, and cultural codes that dictate sexual, racial, and economic injustice. The buried breaches of social transgressions - elopement, mental illness, divorce, hidden parentage, false accusations, financial ruin, legal failures, and sexual misconduct - emerge, revealing a generation shaped by shame and silence. Spanning Columbia's historic neighborhoods and the dream world of Beverly Hills-Hollywood, and set against the upheavals of World War I, the Great Depression, and Prohibition, the intertwined lives of Annie, Thurston, Cecyl, Leland, Justin, T.W., and Lydia illuminate the fragile line between truth and survival in one Southern family. Drawing on firsthand knowledge of the True family's history, the author brings these hidden stories into the light - to end the shame, to forgive the transgressors, and to understand the ties that bound them.



Author: Elizabeth Hatcher True
Publisher: Class LLC
Published: 06/12/2026
Pages: 408
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.61lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.11d
ISBN: 9781955095754

About the Author
True, Elizabeth Hatcher: - "Elizabeth Hatcher True is a retired computer programmer and analyst. She graduated from A.C. Flora High School in Columbia, South Carolina, where she served as editor of the school newspaper and worked on the yearbook staff. After attending the University of North Carolina at Greensboro for two years, she transferred to the University of South Carolina, where she earned a B.S. in Mathematics. After living in Virginia, Rhode Island, California, Colorado, Missouri and finally 40 years in Minnesota, she returned to her childhood home state and settled in Pawleys Island.Intrigued for years by the hidden stories within her father's family, Elizabeth began researching their past. What she discovered proved far more compelling than she had imagined and inspired her to return to her early love of writing. "The Cost of Being True" is a fictionalized, nearly true story of an ordinary family. Its characters are not famous, heroic, or extraordinary - simply people doing their best to navigate society's pressures and life's challenges. Yet their story is universal, echoing in households everywhere."

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