The Secret Life of Bees: Advice to Lily

In The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, Lily Owens is the protagonist. She is a teenage girl who lost her mother when she was only four years old and is stuck living with her temperamental father and her kind housekeeper, Rosaleen. Lily comes from a white family, but living with them is Rosaleen. She is colored woman and tends to not use her manners. It is because of her lack of manners that Rosaleen gets thrown in jail. Lily has to lie to escape the many questions regarding her travel after freeing Rosaleen from her imprisonment.
If I could, I would tell Lily to be honest with the information she gives to people. Lily thinks the same thing herself when she thought, "That's the other secret to lying-you have to keep your stories straight" (Kidd 76). This is when Lily gives May, June, and August fake last names. Lily almost forgets the names that she gives these three women. Despite her quick thought, Lily continues to lie.
Another lie that Lily tells is to a store keeper. She claims that she is visiting her grandmother in Virginia, although the store keeper knows the old lady and knows that she only has grandsons. Lily tells the store keeper that he is wrong and that her "grandmother" also has a granddaughter.
If I could give Lily advice against lying, I would tell her that lying will only make things harder. I believe that if Lily tells the truth to everyone she talks to, then her traveling would be easier for both her and Rosaleen. Telling people the truth makes people have more sympathy, and Lily can get a lot of sympathy because she is just a little girl . However, Lily just lies. Lying does help her because it gets her and Rosaleen what they need, but I think that being honest could get Lily and Rosaleen farther than they are now.