Family Secrets, Nancy Thayer
Family Secrets, Nancy Thayer
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Family Secrets

Author: Nancy Thayer

Narrator: Coleen Marlo

Unabridged: 8 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 08/21/2018


Synopsis

A long ago love story threatens to change the lives of three generations of women in New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer’s stunning novel—now available for the first time in audio! 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 laid buried for decades. 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.Praise for the novels of Nancy Thayer “The queen of beach books.”—The Star-Ledger “Thayer has a deep and masterly understanding of love and friendship, of where the two complement and where they collide.”—Elin Hilderbrand “Thayer’s gift for reaching the emotional core of her characters [is] captivating.”—Houston Chronicle “One of my favorite writers.”—Susan Wiggs “Thayer portrays beautifully the small moments, inside stories and shared histories that build families.”—The Miami Herald “Thayer’s sense of place is powerful, and her words are hung together the way my grandmother used to tat lace.”—Dorothea Benton Frank

About Nancy Thayer

Nancy Thayer is the New York Times bestselling author of A Nantucket Wedding, Secrets in Summer, The Island House, The Guest Cottage, An Island Christmas, Nantucket Sisters, A Nantucket Christmas, Island Girls, Summer Breeze, Heat Wave, Beachcombers, Summer House, Moon Shell Beach, and The Hot Flash Club. She lives on Nantucket.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Marilyn on November 17, 2011

I started this book while on a cruise ship and in my final days of recouping from surgery. Nothing like sitting in a chaise lounge and read and good book and breathing in the ocean air. I enjoyed reading this book it's about three generations of women, mother, daughter and granddaughter. It starts i......more

Goodreads review by La Bruja Lectora on November 01, 2020

Hermoso libro me encanto, la vida de las tres mujeres Marshall fue espectacular, está muy bien escrito este libro y va directo al grano sin detenerse en nimiedades, los personajes están cargados de elegancia y personalidad, me encanto, recomendado. Jean, Diane y Julia tienen en común no solo parentes......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on August 22, 2020

Good read I really enjoyed this story. I have read other books by Nancy Thayer and really like her style of writing. This was a interesting story following the life from the grandmother to granddaughter. But I do have to say I was a bit stunned by the ending.......more

Goodreads review by Stacey on May 30, 2018

Disappointing. The only main character remotely likeable to me was Jean. I felt that Diane was self-centered, selfish, rigid, snobbish, dissatisfied and not someone I'd like to know, even in a novel. Julia was beyond ridiculously immature and I felt sorry for Sam. I distinctly hope they do not end u......more

Goodreads review by Angela on January 18, 2021

I will start by saying I normally LOVE Nancy Thayer books but this one just did not do it for me. The only story line that was actually interesting was the grandmother's. I detested Julia's story line. **SPOILER ALERT** Her half-hearted suicide attempt just to get the attention that she wanted from......more