The Secret Keeper

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Call Number: Fiction / Morton, Kate, Adult Book / Fiction / General / Morton, Kate
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Westgate Branch

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During a party at the family farm in the English countryside, sixteen-year-old Laurel Nicolson has escaped to her childhood tree house and is dreaming of the future. She spies a stranger coming up the road and sees her mother speak to him. Before the afternoon is over, Laurel will witness a shocking crime that challenges everything she knows about her family and especially her mother, Dorothy. Now, fifty years later, Laurel is a successful and well-regarded actress, living in London. She returns to the family farm for Dorothy's ninetieth birthday and finds herself overwhelmed by questions she has not thought about for decades. From pre-WWII England through the Blitz, to the fifties and beyond, discover the secret history of three strangers from vastly different worlds--Dorothy, Vivien, and Jimmy--who meet by chance in wartime London and whose lives are forever entwined. "The Secret Keeper" explores longings and dreams, the lengths people go to fulfill them, and the consequences they can have. It is a story of lovers, friends, dreamers, and schemers told--in Morton's signature style--against a backdrop of events that changed the world.

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Family secrets submitted by adimarzo on June 14, 2013, 3:09pm "The Secret Keeper" is a well-written novel about family secrets. The book alternates between current day, when Laurel, a grown women, is trying to find out who her mother Dorothy really was, and Dorothy's experience in 1940s London during World War II. The characters are well developed and the story is gripping. I liked the writing style - it really evoked the different time periods and the voices of the various characters.

tumbled submitted by siripowell on August 27, 2013, 4:17pm Sometimes the back and forth between different time periods was a bit jolting, but overall the story was original and well developed.

excellent book submitted by smgop on July 7, 2015, 8:27pm love Kate Morton's books!

Good but similar to her other books submitted by beckyabondy on June 17, 2018, 10:59pm This was the 2nd of Kate’s books and I enjoyed it very Much! I was excited to read till the end and enjoyed the mystery. The main downside was it felt a lot like the first which is not as fun when it’s aMystery.

wonderful story telling submitted by LVDS on August 30, 2018, 2:55pm Interesting historical fiction, very enjoyable!!

Engrossing submitted by dailyreader on June 12, 2020, 3:10pm Great story kept me turning the pages