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The Secrets Sisters Keep

The Secrets Sisters Keep, October 2010
by Abby Drake

Avon
Featuring: Ellie; Amanda; Babe
320 pages
ISBN: 0061878324
EAN: 9780061878329
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"A must read for anyone with sisters!"

Fresh Fiction Review

The Secrets Sisters Keep
Abby Drake

Reviewed by Shannon Cox
Posted January 30, 2011

Women's Fiction Contemporary

Ellie, Amanda, Babe, and Carleen are four sisters whose lives have taken them in four very different directions. Ellie, the oldest, has spent her adult life caring for her aging uncle Edward. Amanda is a wealthy mother and wife with an affinity for spending large amounts of money who has recently learned that her husband may be having an affair with a Brazilian back-waxer. Babe is a beautiful movie star struggling within the confines of a marriage to a has-been actor. And Carleen, the black sheep of the family, is a mom and ninth grade teacher who has had no contact with any of her sisters for a very long time. Now, their uncle Edward is about to turn 75 years old and he has decided that he wants all four of his nieces present for the celebration and he will not take no for an answer. Thrust back together, face-to-face for the first time in many years, the sisters find themselves having to face their pasts, themselves and the old family secret that has torn them all apart. With her novel, THE SECRETS SISTERS KEEP, Abby Drake has given us a charming story that is full of mystery and humanity that touches the soul in all of us. Drake was able to keep me guessing while wedging each of the sisters into a special place inside my heart, making me root for the peace and happiness of all four of them. A must read for anyone with sisters of their own.

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SUMMARY

Sisters should be the best of friends, but . . . When it comes to family secrets, the four Dalton sisters have had more than their share. Then quirky, spirited Uncle Edward decides to throw a seventy-fifth birthday celebration and wanders off, leaving the women to face their past - and one another. Ellie-the eldest, tended to Uncle Edward instead of her dreams. Exasperated with his antics, aware that she's not getting any younger, is she finally ready to take off for Egypt? Amanda-the Park Avenue snob, spent two decades raising three kids and squandering money she didn't have. Now that her husband's found a Brazilian back-waxer to take her place, will she reassess her life? Babe-the movie-star beauty, fled New York for L.A. When she returns with her has-been actor-husband, will love and lust be reignited for her - with someone else? Carleen-the middle-class mom, a ninth-grade algebra teacher, quilts cloth pocketbooks for fun. Did she really once have orange hair, bad boyfriends, and an attitude? Will her sisters ever forgive her for their shattered family? Or will she be forced to tell them the truth? And will these ladies ever be able to confront their long-buried past and act like, well, sisters again?


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