 | Title: The Husband’s Secret Author: Liane Moriarity (author website) Genre: Adult Fiction Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam; 1st Printing edition (July 30, 2013) Pages: 416 Source: Kindle book purchased for book group |
At the heart of The Husband’s Secret is a letter that’s not meant to be read
My darling Cecilia, if you’re reading this, then I’ve died...
Imagine that your husband wrote you a letter, to be opened after his death. Imagine, too, that the letter contains his deepest, darkest secret—something with the potential to destroy not just the life you built together, but the lives of others as well. Imagine, then, that you stumble across that letter while your husband is still very much alive. . .
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Cecilia Fitzpatrick has achieved it all—she’s an incredibly successful businesswoman, a pillar of her small community, and a devoted wife and mother. Her life is as orderly and spotless as her home. But that letter is about to change everything, and not just for her: Rachel and Tess barely know Cecilia—or each other—but they too are about to feel the earth-shattering repercussions of her husband’s secret.
Acclaimed author Liane Moriarty has written a gripping, thought-provoking novel about how well it is really possible to know our spouses—and, ultimately, ourselves.
Related Media: Liane Moriarty on The Husband's Secert
About the Author:
 | Liane Moriarty is the author of Three Wishes, The Last Anniversary, What Alice Forgot and The Hypnotist's Love Story. All of her novels have been published successfully around the world and translated into seven languages. Writing as L.M. Moriarty, she is also the author of the Space Brigade series for children. Liane lives in Sydney with her husband, son and daughter. |
Cecelia Fitzpatrick finds an envelope which says on the outside "To Wife...To be opened in the event of my death"? Would you open it?? I would open it in a heat beat! I wouldn't be able to stop thinking about it otherwise. The Husaban's Secret is the intertwined story of Tess, Cecelia and Rachel and how each are ultimately each effected by the contents of the envelope. The Husband's Secret kept my interest. I felt the story had a very good flow and kept you wanting to know more, which made for a very quick read.
I think The Husband's Secret is a great book for a book group. There are many moral dilemmas within the story to discuss. I actually missed book group and didn't get to participate in the discussion. I really wanted to discuss the ending and if others felt they would have made a similar decision to Rachel's.
The Husband's Secret touches on themes of grief, lost, betrayal and the cost of forgiveness.
My Rating: 4/5 - The Husband's Secret is very readable and gripping. It is a book you will finish in a few sittings as you want to know how the author will resolve the events set in motion by that one simple letter intended to be read after the death of Cecelia's husband.
My Rating Scale: 1 – didn’t like it; 2 – it was ok; 3 – liked it; 4 – really liked it; 5 – it was amazing
The Husband's Secret was also reviewed by Aestas Book Club, Maryse's Book Blog, and Book Journey.
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