Family Secrets and Lies is based on a true story written to help Joanna come to terms with her life. This is the story of Joanna, who as a small child is affected by ill health, and suffers all forms of dreadful abuse. This then carries forward into her marriage. Through all the hard times in her childhood she has shown how to cope with the help of some people. She demonstrates how the families around her inject humour and good fun into the life that was in turmoil. Joanna then after going through the worst thing a mother has to endure shows how adversity can be overcome and a good life develops for almost everyone This book demonstrates how destructive secrets and lies can be for everyone