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When three generations of women are brought together by crisis, they
learn over the course of one hot summer the power of family to support,
nourish and surprise
Lauren has the perfect life…if she ignores the fact it’s a fragile house of cards, and that her daughter Mack has just had a teenage personality transplant.
Jenna is desperate to start a family with her husband, but it’s… Just. Not. Happening. Her heart is breaking, but she’s determined to keep her trademark smile on her face.
Nancy knows she hasn’t been the best mother, but how can she ever tell Lauren and Jenna the reason why?
Then life changes in an instant, and Lauren, Mack, Jenna and Nancy are thrown together for a summer on Martha’s Vineyard. Somehow, these very different women must relearn how to be a family. And while unraveling their secrets might be their biggest challenge, the rewards could be infinite…
Lauren has the perfect life…if she ignores the fact it’s a fragile house of cards, and that her daughter Mack has just had a teenage personality transplant.
Jenna is desperate to start a family with her husband, but it’s… Just. Not. Happening. Her heart is breaking, but she’s determined to keep her trademark smile on her face.
Nancy knows she hasn’t been the best mother, but how can she ever tell Lauren and Jenna the reason why?
Then life changes in an instant, and Lauren, Mack, Jenna and Nancy are thrown together for a summer on Martha’s Vineyard. Somehow, these very different women must relearn how to be a family. And while unraveling their secrets might be their biggest challenge, the rewards could be infinite…
Genre: contemporary romance
Publication date: July 2018
Mature content: yes
Review: I loved How to Keep a Secret, mostly because it's a refreshing change from more mainstream romance novels.
There's some romance, yes, beautiful and heartwarming, between two people that were destined to be together but had both to grow up and live life a bit first, which makes their reunion even more worthwhile.
But, above all, How to Keep a Secret is about having no secrets - admitting to the people who love you most in the world and will always stand by you, that you did something wrong in the past, or that you were just not brave enough to come clean about something. In this book, everyone has secrets, everyone has been dealing with secrets in one way or another - Nancy has chosen to pretend nothing bad has happened during her marriage and as a result kept her daughters at a distance, Mack is spreading teenage drama around the block, Jenna is placing all her hopes on a baby instead of enjoying life as it is, and Lauren has been for years building a perfect world on top of a web of lies. Then that world comes tumbling down on all of them, and their only chance to return to normalcy is to come clean with each other and try to make the best of what they've really got.
It's a beautiful, beautiful story, one that will live with you long after you hit "the end", and I totally recommend it.
Happy readings,
There's some romance, yes, beautiful and heartwarming, between two people that were destined to be together but had both to grow up and live life a bit first, which makes their reunion even more worthwhile.
But, above all, How to Keep a Secret is about having no secrets - admitting to the people who love you most in the world and will always stand by you, that you did something wrong in the past, or that you were just not brave enough to come clean about something. In this book, everyone has secrets, everyone has been dealing with secrets in one way or another - Nancy has chosen to pretend nothing bad has happened during her marriage and as a result kept her daughters at a distance, Mack is spreading teenage drama around the block, Jenna is placing all her hopes on a baby instead of enjoying life as it is, and Lauren has been for years building a perfect world on top of a web of lies. Then that world comes tumbling down on all of them, and their only chance to return to normalcy is to come clean with each other and try to make the best of what they've really got.
Happy readings,
After reading your review I feel like reading the novel soon and reveal the secrets. Thanks for sparking a interest to read such a fancy love story.
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