The Secret Keeper
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (842 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B009R5Q51W |
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| Number of Pages | : | 108 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Fifty years later, Laurel is a successful and well-regarded actress, living in London. It is a story of lovers, friends, dreamers and schemers, play-acting, and deception told against a backdrop of events that changed the world.. And then she witnesses a crime. She returns to Green Acres for Dorothy's 90th 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. She spies a stranger coming up the long road to the farm and then observes her mother, Dorothy, speaking to him. England, 1959: Laurel Nicolson is 16 years old, dreaming alone in her childhood tree house during a family
A LOT OF CHARACTERS, RICHLY DEVELOPED! SadieBookLady14 I had just completed another Kate Morton title, The Forgotten Garden, and wanted another rich and detailed read. I couldn't put down "Garden," and loved it more than any other book in the last month or so. So, I ordered The Secret Keeper.What I found was that unlike Garden, Secret Keeper had a bit of a 'depressing' feel to it I couldn't quite shake. Not bad, not morbid or distasteful, but something I couldn't put my hand on. Maybe it was 'my mood.' Sometimes you aren't that into reading anything. But I believe that wasn't it. I found the past and present narratives just a hint confusing, too. I had to remember who. "I was bored by the 'present day' characters and found them just" according to ocean-girl. I had high hopes for this book, but I found it just okay. The story of Dolly, Jimmy, and Vivien was the most interesting part; I was bored by the 'present day' characters and found them just to be a means to make the story longer and draw out the suspense without really adding anything to the overall story. Laurels' character was pretty much unchanged by the dramatic events of her life (life goals, relationship with mother, etc) so there wasn't really anything to keep my interest in her. I mostly felt an impatience to get back to the WWII parts of the story, that were interesting, but had to be told in such small . "Mysterious, nostalgic, and bittersweet. A great read!" according to BecksTrex. The Secret Keeper was my first Kate Morton novel. I'm so glad that I bought it! This novel is a perfect mix between historical fiction and mystery. As a 16 year old, Laurel witnesses her mother Dorothy commit an unspeakable act against a stranger who arrives at their home one afternoon. Flash-forward to 2011: Laurel is now an aging actress of nationwide renown. As her mother lies dying, Laurel mulls over what happened that fateful day many years ago. She and her brother delve into the mystery of why her mother committed the act and why.Morton flawlessly weaves together the past and present in The Secret Keeper. Al