What advice would you give the character? When and why?

The advice that i would give to the main character would be not to lie. I am reading The Secret Life of Bees and Lily is the main character. When she ran away from home and found a new family, she didn't tell them who she really was. I understand why she did what she did, but she still should have told the truth from the beginning. Instead she makes up a whole other life story that is totally different from her real life. She didn't even have to lie anyways because the three sisters that she lived with knew who she was. I think that if she didn't lie she would have been better off from the beginning. Instead she was worrying all the time on when she was going to tell them the truth. It is always better to tell the truth no matter what because when you don't you are just making things worse for yourself and the people around you.