JO F. (joeysweeps) reviewed on 4/25/2016 + 15 more book reviews

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Loved this book. Stayed up until 1:00 am to finish the mystery. Fought the urge to skip to the end as I knew the threads of the story needed to be woven together by reading each word. Set in England and jumps between the current time and WWII but is not a war story at all. The jumps in time are easy to manage. The crux of this book is that as children (even through adulthood), we rarely think of our parents in terms of anything but our parents - from the beginning of time. Many know little of our parents' lives before we came on the scene. Part of this is due to the chosen silence of "the greatest generation" not "baring their souls and struggles and mistakes." As the mother in "The Secret Keeper" nears death, her oldest daughter sets out to uncover her mother's past before marriage to their father hence the setting of WWII. As one cousin told us, "the answers lie with the living." So, the main character unlocks the mysteries of her mother through interviews, the internet, and research. Facinating.
Update: enjoyed reading this book a second time for a book club selection. Needed to refresh my memory. Usually, I do not read a book twice but I was caught up in the plot and details as much the second time as the first.

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