Monday, January 23, 2012

"A Secret Kept" by Tatiana de Rosnay ***

> originally published
> French author

> Audiobook

> Brother and sister take a trip to the past, visiting a resort their family had spent time at.....Melanie remembers something .....then a car accident

> Antoine has an affair with a mortician while his sister is in the hospital ..."like taking refuge in the eye of a hurricane", still in love with ex-wife, Astrid (now dating Serge, a photographer)

> somehow makes sense to set the reminiscences during a recovery vigil...it happens when hanging around a hospital with time on one's hands

> their deceased mother, Clarice....a mystery

>  LibraryThing Review:  This is story of family secrets, kept and revealed.  An accident leads to revelation upon revelation within a family who have remained silent for a generation.  The writing is fair, the plot is interesting, but the overall effect is somewhat bland.


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