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The Husband's Secret

By: Liane Moriarty
Narrated by: Caroline Lee
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About this listen

"To be opened in the event of my death." With one swift, vicious movement, she sliced the envelope open, and pulled out a handwritten letter. "Love you and the girls...so sorry to leave you with this...cannot bear...."

The Husband's Secret is a funny, heartbreaking novel of marriage, grief, love, and secrets. When her husband announces he's in love with her best friend, painfully shy Tess picks up her young son and returns to her mother's house. There she begins an unexpected affair with an old flame.

Rachel is a woman in her 60s consumed by grief and anger at the loss of her daughter 20 years earlier. When her son announces he is taking her beloved grandson overseas, Rachel begins a descent into deeper bitterness and pain.

Cecilia is the quintessential "I don't know how she does it" woman. A devoted mother to three daughters, she runs her household like clockwork, is President of the P&C, owns an extremely successful Tupperware business and is happy in her 15-year marriage. Until she discovers a letter in their attic labeled: "To my wife Cecilia, to be opened in the event of my death".

Her husband's secret is a bombshell beyond all imagining with repercussions across the lives of all three women.

©2013 Liane Moriarty (P)2013 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Contemporary Contemporary Romance Marriage Romance Funny

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This was a really good listen! I couldn't put it down. Not your typical story. I found the humour and observations of human behaviour wonderful. The story speeds along and it kept me I curious about what was going to happen next. The narration was very good and suited the book. Overall a very good listen which I would recommend.

Really good!

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It' starts with a series of dis-jointed characters that you wonder how they can be connected but the story knits together beautifully. The end is is materpiece in not prejudging conclusions, can' t recommend highly enough

Makes you want to listen to the end

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Where does The Husband's Secret rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Top 3 at least, well written and amazing performance! Her voice isn't robotic like a lot of other books I have listened to.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Husband's Secret?

Couldn't possibly give any spoilers!

Which character – as performed by Caroline Lee – was your favourite?

Tess

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, I could have though - life doesn't allow for 10 hours straight listening.

Any additional comments?

Just get it, so good!

Excellent

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Where does The Husband's Secret rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

fairly low down

What did you like best about this story?

the ending

How did the narrator detract from the book?

terrible, awful, whiny Aussie accent ! would not have bought it if I'd realised it was Australian, such an awful accent,

Any additional comments?

the school community is just like mine so I enjoyed that aspect.

a good read for a holiday

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Unfortunately, this story did not make me want to persevere after the first half hour of listening, not sure why! Maybe too much Introduction, too detailed, too many off- shoots - well-paced and clear diction, just not for me

May suit others.

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