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Whispers
Whispers
Author: Belva Plain
Robert and Lynn Ferguson are a picture-perfect couple  with two beautiful daughters and a lovely home in  an exclusive Connecticut community. Robert is on  the fast track of a major corporation. Lynn is  devoted to her family and good works. But in the  Ferguson's closed doors hide a painful secr...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780440216742
ISBN-10: 0440216745
Publication Date: 3/10/1994
Pages: 480
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 97 ratings
Publisher: Dell
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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Helpful Score: 3
This gripping story of a woman hiding behind a facade of the perfect family will touch your heart and open your eyes to family abuse. This fictional portrayal is emotional.
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Helpful Score: 2
This was the first Belva Plain book I have read and I loved it. It made me look forward to reading other books by her.
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Helpful Score: 2
This is a wonderful book dealing with the hidden world of domestic violence. It is extremely well written and kept me wanting to find out what happens next.
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Helpful Score: 2
Writing is a bit old fashioned and I felt held back a bit - but the story is good and you feel for the characters. Ending is predictable.
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It can happen in the best of families--even the Fergusons. When Lynn and Robert first meet, she's bright, fresh-faced twenty-year old; he's handsome, a bit older, a charming young executive on the fast track. From the start they fall deeply in love, thrilled by the discovery of their mutual desire. But as early as their honeymoon the gold begins to tarnish, when Robert's anger erupts into a physical assault, one for which Lynn blames herself. To all appearances Lynn and Robert are living the ultimate American dream-a lovely home in an exclusive Connecticut suburb, a picture-perfect marriage, two beautiful children, a country club membership, and wonderful friends. But not even with their closest friends can Lynn reveal what is truly happening to her family. Their secret life is betrayed only is whispers of what goes on behind closed doors.
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Good story - enjoyed gow it played out
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It can happen in the best of families-even the Fergusons. From the start they are deeply in love and it is only on their honeymoon that the gold begins to tarnish when Robert's anger erupts into a physical attack, one Lynn blames on herself. A picture-perfect marriage..NOT!!
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It can happen in the best families-even the Fergusons. When Lynn and Robert first meet, she is a bright, open-faced 21 year old; he is handsome a little older, a charming young executive who is already rising fast in one of America's top corp. From the start, they are deeply in love, thrilled by the discovery of their mutual desire. It is only on their honeymoon that the gold begins to tarnish when Robert's anger erupts into a physical attack, one Lynn blames on herself, for after all, Robert is the love of her life.
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Robert and Lynn Ferguson are the quintessentially picture-perfect couple with two beautiful daughters and a lovely home in an exclusive Connecticut community. Robert is on the fast track of a major corporation. Lynn is devoted to her family and doing good works. But the Fergusons' ultimate American dream hides a dark painful secret - one that Lynn vows to keep hidden from the world - and her children - at any cost.

When Lynn and Robert first meet, she's a bright, fresh-faced twenty-year-old; he's handsome, slightly older, a charming young business executive; ambitious and determined. From the start they fall deeply in love, thrilled by the discovery of their mutual desire. But as early as their honeymoon the gold begins to tarnish, when Robert's anger erupts into a physical assault, one for which Lynn blames herself.

To all appearances, the Fergusons have kept the facade of an idyllically happy family firmly intact. Not even their closest friends, Josie and Bruce Lehman know the entirety of Lynn's shame. Social worker Josie has seen her bruises, distrusts the overly-ambitious, too-perfect Robert, and suspects the real cause of the children's increasingly disturbed behavior. But not even Josie can pierce Lynn's icy wall of silence, a wall that will not crumble until Lynn is forced to face herself - and the truth - at last.

I thought this book was absolutely excellent. The plot was very believable; I can imagine that such a scenario could, and perhaps does, happen to so many people - domestic abuse is probably much more prevalent than we expect. I give this book a definite A+!
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Excellent read!
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intelligent book highlighting a subject that is still kept under the covers. Another New York Times beseller for Plain.
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Wonderful story.


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