The Whispers

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"The Loverlys sit by the hospital bed of their young son who is in a coma after falling from his bedroom window in the middle of the night; his mother, Whitney, will not speak to anyone. Back home, their friends and neighbors are left in shock, each confronting their own role in the events that led up to what happened that terrible night: the warm, altruistic Parks who are the Loverlys' best friends; the young, ambitious Goldsmiths who are struggling to start a family of their own; and the quiet, elderly Portuguese couple who care for their adult son with a developmental disability, and who pass the long days on the front porch, watching their neighbors go about their busy lives. The story spins out over the course of one week, in the alternating voices of the women in each family as they are forced to face the secrets within the walls of their own homes, and the uncomfortable truths that connect them all to one another. Set against the heartwrenching drama of what will happen to Xavier, who hangs between death and life, or a life changed forever, THE WHISPERS is a novel about what happens when we put our needs ahead of our children's. Exploring the quiet sacrifices of motherhood, the intuitions that we silence, the complexities of our closest friendships, and the danger of envy, this is a novel about the reverberations of life's most difficult decisions." -- Publisher.

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Desperate Married Housewives of Harlow Street submitted by ekjensen on June 29, 2023, 9:01am You meet: (1) Whitney well to do successful business woman with a set of twins and older son, Xavier, who has a tragic fall from their newly built house in a gentrified neighborhood (2) Blair, Whitney's stay best friend across the street with a daughter, Chloe, who is close to Xavier, and lives in simpler original house (3) Rebecca, another neighbor, and ER doctor who has had 5 miscarriages and (4) Mara, older Portuguese immigrant, original home owner, married >50 years, and lost only son decades before. Read through this novel, as how, when, and where they interact for a surprise ending for all four of them.

intersting story where you hate all the charcters submitted by laurenalysse on July 21, 2023, 10:57am Was very interested to learn what happens to the four women in this one. No one is likeable, and the ending leaves quite a few things open but I nevertheless really enjoyed listening to this one.