The Secrets We Left Behind: A Novel

The Secrets We Left Behind: A Novel

<b>On the southern coast of England, old secrets threaten a happy life in this “riveting and vivid novel about a woman who is forced to examine her past” (Ann Weisgarber, author of <i>The Promise</i> and <i>The Personal History of Rachel DuPree</i>).</b><br />  <br /> She has built a good life with a husband who adores her, a daughter she is fiercely proud of, and a home filled with warmth and love. But things were not always so good for her—and she has not always been so good.<br />  <br /> Then one evening she answers the phone. On the other end is a voice from long ago. A man from a dark memory that she has tried so hard to hide. He knows who she really is and what she has done. Now he’s dying, and gives her an ultimatum: either she tells the truth, or he will.<br />  <br /> Now, she must revisit that long hot summer of 1976, in a house by the sea on the southern coast of England, where her story and her secret began—and where the truth will be revealed.<br />  <br /> Told in dual narratives separated by the years, this follow-up to <i>The Things We Never Said</i> is a compelling, immersive, and thoroughly surprising story that “challenges readers with difficult questions about love and morality” (<i>Booklist</i>).