Life in an urban gang infested neighborhood can be challenging for the most stalwart citizen. For a single mother trying to raise two adolescent boys in the midst of the strife and violence, the pressures and vicissitudes of just living can be overwhelming. The Liar's Gift tells a tale that is all too common in everyone's life, but the effect of deception is more devastating for some than others. Whether the ruse is perpetrated on the sophisticated socialite or on the less experienced debutante, whether it is played out in the urban confines of a city or in a spacious rural setting, the outcome is still the same. In this saga, the victim, a woman who categorically falls somewhere in between the two, is the unwitting target of the one who can deceive us all.