Family Secrets: A Novel

Family Secrets: A Novel

<b>A long ago love story threatens to change the lives of three generations of women in <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Nancy Thayer€s stunning novel€"now available for the first time as an eBook!</b><br />  <br /> Though Diane Randall€s jewelry business is a great success, her marriage is not, and she finds herself growing lonely as her children near adulthood. Meanwhile, her eighteen-year-old daughter Julia is falling dangerously in love, and Diane€s mother, Jean, is relishing her newfound freedom as a single woman in Europe. Distracted by their individual concerns, the three women are ill-prepared for the crisis that suddenly appears on Diane€s doorstep in the form of a handsome FBI agent asking about an explosive secret that€s layed buried for decades.<br />  <br /> At the start of World War II, Jean was a young woman in love who made a fateful mistake, one that may now tear apart her family. Diane finds herself drawn into an illicit affair that threatens to erupt into scandal, while Julia€s own dramatic antics endanger her life. Meanwhile, Jean is desperate to keep hidden painful memories she€s guarded for so long. These three extraordinary women find that only by facing down secrets and lies can they face the future.<br />  <br /> <b>Includes a captivating preview of Nancy Thayer€s upcoming novel <i>Nantucket Sisters</i>!</b><br />  <br /> <b>Praise for the novels of Nancy Thayer</b><br />  <br /> €œThe queen of beach books.€<b><i>€"The Star-Ledger</i></b><br /> <i> </i><br /> €œThayer has a deep and masterly understanding of love and friendship, of where the two complement and where they collide.€<b>€"Elin Hilderbrand</b><br />  <br /> €œThayer€s gift for reaching the emotional core of her characters [is] captivating.€<b>€"<i>Houston Chronicle</i></b><br /> <i> </i><br /> €œOne of my favorite writers.€<b>€"Susan Wiggs</b><br />  <br /> €œThayer portrays beautifully the small moments, inside stories and shared histories that build families.€<b>€"<i>The Miami Herald</i></b><br />  <br /> €œThayer€s sense of place is powerful, and her words are hung together the way my grandmother used to tat lace.€<b>€"Dorothea Benton Frank</b>