The synopsis tells you that the “secret” effects the lives of three women, which I took to mean the three perspectives, but maybe meant the victim and then Cecilia and Rachel? Because I really don’t know how Tess fit in to all of that. Not even her son! She was very self-involved and this is the only perspective that I’m not sure really adds anything to the story. Is she a sociopath? Like I sensed no real emotional attachments to anyone that she talked about. I would like to think that most of my fellow countrywomen (and men) know this but a lot of people on GR seemed to be confused about the whole season thing so I thought I would just add a little note. Where we experience spring during Easter, Australians are living through fall.

There are 3, almost 4 perspectives sprinkled throughout the book and it’s kind of hard to breakdown all of the nuances in each of the perspectives’ back story in addition to current events.īefore I get started on my dislikes, I’d like to leave you with a little pro-tip right quick: For those of us in America reading this book, it may be important to note that this book takes place in Australia. Though Cecilia finds the letter in Chapter 1, she doesn’t end up opening it until about a quarter of the way through the book so if you just want to find out what the letter says, you’ll have to read a little bit further than you might have anticipated. As mentioned in the synopsis, Cecilia finds a letter addressed to her, written by her husband, to be opened by her upon his death. There was a whole lot of mom-ing going on in this book. This book is told from three alternating perspectives: Cecilia Fitzpatrick (super mom), Tess (regular mom) and Rachel (elderly mother of a deceased child), with a few flashbacks thrown in there for good measure. Not necessarily by the storytelling – I would classify Moriarty’s writing style as adequate/typical for this genre – but by how much this book made me think about what I would do if I was in the various positions the characters found themselves in. This was my first Liane Moriarty book and let me tell you, I was captivated. So here’s your warning folks, there will be spoilers! I’ve decided to do a discussion post for this one because I just have so.

The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty