THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF BIG LITTLE LIES. One of the Best Books of the Year—Entertainment Weekly One of the Top Ten Books of the Year—People At the heart of The Husband’s Secret is a letter that’s not meant to be read… Cecilia,
If you’re reading this, then I’ve died…
Imagine your husband wrote you a letter, to be opened after his death. Imagine, too, that the letter contains his deepest, darkest secret—something with the potential to destroy not only the life you built together, but the lives of others as well. And then imagine that you stumble across that letter while your husband is still very much alive…
Cecilia Fitzpatrick has achieved it all—she’s an incredibly successful businesswoman, a pillar of her small community, and a devoted wife and mother. But that letter is about to change everything—and not just for her. There are other women who barely know Cecilia—or each other—but they, too, are about to feel the earth-shattering repercussions of her husband’s secret.
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This was an excellent book to listen to on a long car trip. It’s a marvelously well crafted novel about secrets that are shown as both necessary and detrimental to maintaining the social fabric of a community. Cecilia discovers her husband’s secret that’s so devastating she can’t share it with anyone. Even while recognizing her complicity in keeping it because how it would affect her family’s happy home, it gnaws at her. As she interacts with other members of her community, the reader sees the greater implications of her both revealing and continuing to hide the secret.
The first book my book club read and a club favorite! I’ve been a big fan of Moriarty ever since.
This is my first book by this author. It was a little difficult keeping all of the characters straight at first. About a quarter of the way through, it all made more sense. I enjoyed this original story.
Love this writer! Her books always have so many twists and turns. Great read.
Total surprise
another winner from this wonderful author!!
A very interesting book to read with lots of twists and turns.
Entertaining enough. Kept me interested. Enjoyed it.
A really good book. Not mind expanding but enjoyable fiction.
Great read!
I read this book after watching Big Little Lies TV series. What I like about the author’s writing is her deep point of view characters. She gets down into the heart of each character, so you feel what they feel, which isn’t always wonderful. But life is like that. I like when an author alternates chapters with multiple points of view and as the story unravels, how all of these characters intersect. I’ve always been drawn to stories like this. I do the same when choosing movies to watch. This story is compelling and you can’t turn the pages fast enough to see who has the secret and what that secret is. Then once it’s revealed, how people respond. Moriarty does a tremendous job with the quirks and idiosyncrasies of her characters. I’m now a fan and will read everything she publishes.
Love the way she writes
I can’t even imagine being in the situation in which the wife finds herself in this novel, but the authors portrayal of how that secret would manifest in the characters was incredible. I could not stop turning pages. There is a curious hope and inspiration, even in the midst of the tragedy. Super read!
Maybe I give out five stars too easily, but I really liked this book. Liane Moriarty creates really good characters, and weaves in a compelling story that kept me up too late at night for “just one more chapter.” The book’s beginning is very good, with a hook that kept me reading to find out what the husband’s secret really was. Then, once I found out, I wondered (as a writer) how on earth she was going to pull it all together for a satisfying ending. But she does! She also does a remarkable job of weaving in the lives of several different families, and what impact this secret has on each. The is a great read if you are looking for something not too heavy and with likable characters. While it deals with some sad issues (okay…some of VERY sad but I wouldn’t call this a “dark” book), Moriarity balances it with enough “real life” family stuff that you can get through it without too many tissues. I recommend this read!
“Life wasn’t black and white.” It’s easy to say from the outside looking in what is right versus wrong. It’s difficult to live it.
The Husband’s Secret is well-written and thought provoking. Tess, Rachel, and Cecilia make questionable decisions based on the secret of one man. I can see that this book is extremely plausible, however, it’s hard to swallow. There are lies built on half-truths built on secrets and there are no winners.
I quit reading about halfway through. I looked at the end, and thought, yep that’s what I thought.
The story was well written as usual for this writer, but the characters are all sad people.
One of her better ones. This also is going to made a series or movie, not sure which, just like Big Little Lies!
This book is not what you think. I couldn’t put it down.