This would make a great gift for Christmas.
Title: The
Secret Keeper
Author: Kate Morton
Review: When I started this book I was sure that I
knew who the title was about, but as I read I realized that I was wrong. The beginning made me think that I wasn't sure this was my kind of book, but as I read I feel in love. I loved this book, I discovered what happened
as the book unfolded. The characters,
their lives, their losses and their triumphs are all contained in this story.
I loved this book and yet I am having a difficult time
telling you why. The characters were
real, their struggles were real and yet it was also beautiful. I had several guesses about what was happening
and who everyone involved was, and I was correct, but it did not take away from
the book when the secrets were revealed.
Einstein said, “Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” This is a story of a women who was forced to
live for others to avoid the life she had been given. She discovered love for others in service and
a love to last the ages. Also the
narrator is a woman who had devoted her life to the stage forgoing a family and
love….the reason? I think you will
figure that out.
The whole book is wonderful, the ending wrapped up the story,
but not too neatly to ruin the realism. This book goes between the past and now,
WWII, 1959, 1961 and 2011. It is a good
size book, but well worth the read. If
you enjoy historical/modern tales of love, loss and life, you will enjoy this
book. Excellent writing with great flow,
I will now have to read the rest of this authors back-list.
This is a book that will haunt you and you will think
about it long after you turn the last page.
Publisher: Published October 9th 2012 by Atria
ISBN: 9781439152805
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 461
Quick Review: 5
stars (out of 5)
Where I Obtained
the Book: Sent from the publisher
for review.
Synopsis: 1961
England. Laurel Nicolson is sixteen years old, dreaming alone in her childhood
tree house during a family celebration at their home, Green Acres Farm. She
spies a stranger coming up the long road to the farm and then observes her
mother, Dorothy, speaking to him. And then she witnesses a crime.
Fifty years later, Laurel is a successful and
well-regarded actress, living in London. She returns to Green Acres for
Dorothy’s ninetieth birthday and finds herself overwhelmed by memories and
questions she has not thought about for decades. She decides to find out the
truth about the events of that summer day and lay to rest her own feelings of
guilt. One photograph, of her mother and a woman Laurel has never met, called
Vivian, is her first clue.
The Secret Keeper explores longings and dreams, the
lengths some people go to fulfill them, and the strange consequences they
sometimes have. It is a story of lovers, friends, dreamers and schemers,
play-acting and deception told against a backdrop of events that changed the
world.
Author Biography:
Kate Morton grew up in the mountains of southeast Queensland, Australia. She
has degrees in Dramatic Art and English Literature and is currently a doctoral
candidate at the University of Queensland. Kate lives with her husband and two
young sons in Brisbane.
Kate Morton's books have been published in 31 countries.
The House at Riverton was a Sunday Times #1 bestseller in the UK in 2007 and a
New York Times bestseller in 2008. The Shifting Fog (now The House of Riverton)
won General Fiction Book of the Year at the 2007 Australian Book Industry
Awards. Was nominated for Most Popular Book at the British Book Awards in 2008.
Her second book, The Forgotten Garden, was a #1 bestseller in Australia and a
Sunday Times #1 bestseller in the UK in 2008.
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