From the author of the popular Maternal Harbor comes Harbored Secrets (a contemporary novel with a psychological mystery in the unearthing of family secrets.)
Readers claim the twists and turns are more and more compelling.
In May of 1935, Blinny Platt’s homestead shack burns to the ground forever leaving her family asunder, scattering them like the embers flew on the Montana wind. She was only … flew on the Montana wind. She was only eight years old, sent away and in charge of her little sister. She could handle that because Platts take care of Platts.
However, it is the hidden secrets of her parents smoldering beneath the charred remains that haunts Blinny until 1982. She once again leaves the home place to build a house for herself. As the foundation is poured and the walls go up, each of the hurtful memories are uncovered. Finally the mystery, left in the ashes of the burned home, is revealed. How could her mother do what she did?
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Harbored Secrets is a strange book. I couldn’t figure out where it was going.
In 1935, after the family home burns and her mother dies, eight year old Blanche and her three year old sister are sent by their father to live with their two great uncles. Years later when their father remarries, he comes to get them to take them home.
The book …
I was very surprised and impressed with Harbored Secrets. I started the book expecting a run of the mill mystery novel, but before I knew it I was engrossed in an exciting, thought provoking experience. Characters are wonderfully portrayed and I’ll be sad to say goodbye.
I enjoyed the characters and was surprised by the secrets in the end. Had not guessed it!
It was an ok read for free. Not a book I would have paid for
It was a good read with great characters and a stark setting. Deep family secrets and intriguing outcomes.