NEW RELEASE
The Husband's Secret - Liane Moriarty (2013)
Cecelia stumbles across a letter in the attic from her husband - addressed to her in the event of his death. When she tells John-Paul about her find and he comes home early from his business trip, her suspicions are raised. But she was not prepared for the devastating secret that the letter revealed. Meanwhile, Tess finds out from her husband, Will, that he has fallen in love with someone else and Rachel's son, Rob, and daughter-in-law, Lauren, announce they are moving to New York, taking her only grandchild away. The stories of the three women meld together, building to a heart-wrenching climax. Then just when you don't think you can be blown away any more, the story finishes with a fantastic epilogue which makes you rethink several of the events yet again. It is no secret that Liane Moriarty is a brilliant storyteller and this novel about the repercussions of guilt and dark secrets is one of her best.
Liane Moriarty's latest novel The Husband's Secret asks the question: if you found a mysterious letter from your husband, would you open it? The summary says: "When her husband announces he's in love with her best friend, painfully shy Tess picks up her young son and returns to her mother's house. There she begins an unexpected affair with an old flame. Rachel is a woman in her sixties consumed by grief and anger at the loss of her daughter twenty years earlier. When her son announces he is taking her beloved grandson overseas, Rachel begins a descent into deeper bitterness and pain. Cecilia is the quintessential "I don't know how she does it" woman. A devoted mother to three daughters, she runs her household like clockwork, is president of the P&C, owns an extremely successful Tupperware business and is happy in her fifteen-year marriage. Until she discovers a letter in their attic labelled: "To my wife Cecilia, to be opened in the event of my death"... Her husband's secret is a bombshell beyond all imagining with repercussions across the lives of all three women." The Husband's Secret is out in April.