by Becks Dawe
Can books stalk you? Well this one did me. Every supermarket, bookstore or book website I went on, this book was there. It followed me around from the 29th August 2013 until I gave in and purchased it on my Kindle and had it read in a matter of days. It really was a case of judging a book by its cover, an author I didn’t know a thing about or had even heard/seen before.
Can books stalk you? Well this one did me. Every supermarket, bookstore or book website I went on, this book was there. It followed me around from the 29th August 2013 until I gave in and purchased it on my Kindle and had it read in a matter of days. It really was a case of judging a book by its cover, an author I didn’t know a thing about or had even heard/seen before.
Cecilia (super-mum to three lovely daughters, and doting wife to husband John-Paul) finds an old envelope in the attic. Written in her husband's hand, it says: "to be opened only in the event of my death." She opens it, eventually and after much deliberation - and time stops. John-Paul's letter confesses to a terrible mistake which, if revealed, would wreck their family as well as the lives of others. Cecilia has to decide what to do for the best..
This book doesn’t just tell us Cecilia’s story and her husband’s secret. It tells us the story of Rachel, a part-time school receptionist, Tess, doting wife and mum of one, and Connor, the ex-accountant, now Physical Education school teacher who seeks therapy and an Indian straight after it.
Moriarty writes in alternate narrative with a similar style to Jodi Picoult and Diane Chamberlain. We learn a lot about the characters who are all completely different. The novel had me in tears towards the end which rarely happens. The ending may seem a little weak to some from what appears to be a big build up, but having not seen an ending like this before, made the books special for me.
For me to judge a book by its cover, the book had to be something special. To stalk me for a little over three months is unbelievable. I rate this highly – The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty is my book of 2013
This book doesn’t just tell us Cecilia’s story and her husband’s secret. It tells us the story of Rachel, a part-time school receptionist, Tess, doting wife and mum of one, and Connor, the ex-accountant, now Physical Education school teacher who seeks therapy and an Indian straight after it.
Moriarty writes in alternate narrative with a similar style to Jodi Picoult and Diane Chamberlain. We learn a lot about the characters who are all completely different. The novel had me in tears towards the end which rarely happens. The ending may seem a little weak to some from what appears to be a big build up, but having not seen an ending like this before, made the books special for me.
For me to judge a book by its cover, the book had to be something special. To stalk me for a little over three months is unbelievable. I rate this highly – The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty is my book of 2013
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