Once in a while I come across a book that will truly change
me from the person I was before reading the book and The Secret Keeper was one
of them. Kate Morton has an amazing diction and writing style that truly
impressed and inspired me. The way she was able to capture a characters
personality and presence in the book seemed effortless, and much like I had known
the characters my whole life. The Secret Keeper was initially set in 1961 at the time when, Laurel, the teenage daughter of Dorothy was starting to feel that her life at home was not where she wanted to be. She had bigger and better dreams with someone she loved. But that day was the birthday of her little brother Gerry and all Laurel could do was hide away in her tree house and dream of the life she so desperately wanted. However, what Laurel didn’t yet realize is that on that day she would encounter her mother committing a murder that would many years later send Laurel on a world wind mystery to uncover who her mother was and the connection to the man she would murder.
The Secret Garden takes you on a time machine, transporting you back to the London war era of WWII, to the 1960’s and to the more present setting of 2011. The present is where Laurel races against the fateful clock of her mother dying, to uncover the 50 year old mystery that will help put her mother to rest.
The Secret Garden has four sections each dedicated to
character in the book. However, each chapter is set in a different decade that
tries to unravel the secrets that are held between Dolly, Vivien and Jimmy, who
falls in love with both women with a tumultuous end, as well as Laurel
investigating the secret life of her mother.
We learn about Dolly and Vivien’s past life as children as
well as learning all about the Nicholson family of Laurel and her 4 siblings
who know nothing of what happened 50 years ago.
The spellbinding, transporting and charming novel that is
The Secret Garden will not disappoint the book lovers at heart that love a good
escape away from reality.
The ending will leave you speechless and mind blown about
the whole book you had just read with lingering thoughts that you will never
forget.
The feelings the book gave me before and after were nothing
I would have thought when I first picked it up from the library. I didn't think
much of the book at first but now the book holds a special place in my heart and
on my list of must reads and favorites for a life time.
