The Locale: Yeline's Book hosted at Carmen's House
The Secret Keeper
Kate Morton
The Book:
1961: On a sweltering summer's day, while her family picnics by the stream on their Suffolk farm, sixteen-year-old Laurel hides out in her childhood tree house dreaming of a boy called Billy, a move to London, and the bright
future she can't wait to seize. But before the idyllic afternoon is over, Laurel will have witnessed a shocking crime that changes everything.
future she can't wait to seize. But before the idyllic afternoon is over, Laurel will have witnessed a shocking crime that changes everything.
2011: Now a much-loved actress, Laurel finds herself overwhelmed by shades of the past. Haunted by memories, and the mystery of what she saw that day, she returns to her family home and begins to piece together a secret history. A tale of three strangers from vastly different worlds--Dorothy, Vivien and Jimmy--who are brought together by chance in wartime London and whose lives become fiercely and fatally entwined...
The Vote: Carmen presented...
- What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
- Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
- The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa WINS!!
Up Next: We are scheduled to meet on 1/11 at Brandy's house to discuss The Children Act by Ian McKwan.
Next to Present: Susan S.
Then:
Next to Present: Susan S.
Then:
- Susan S.
- Brenda
- Sarah
- Gina
- Susan H.
- Tassy
- Yeline
- Brandy
- Carmen
