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.
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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