{"product_id":"1439152810-the_secret_keeper","title":"The Secret Keeper","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Distant Hours\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Forgotten Garden\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe House at Riverton\u003c\/i\u003e, a spellbinding novel filled with mystery, thievery, murder, and enduring love.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring a summer party at the family farm in the English countryside, sixteen-year-old Laurel Nicolson has escaped to her childhood tree house and is happily dreaming of the future. But before the afternoon is over, Laurel will witness a shocking crime. A crime that challenges everything she knows about her family and especially her mother, Dorothy—her vivacious, loving, nearly perfect mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow, fifty years later, the family is gathering at Greenacres farm for Dorothy’s ninetieth birthday. Realizing that this may be her last chance, Laurel searches for answers to the questions that haunt her from that long-ago day, answers that can only be found in Dorothy’s past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDorothy’s story takes the reader from pre–WWII England through the blitz, to the ’60s and beyond. It is the secret history of three strangers from vastly different worlds who meet by chance in wartime London and whose lives are forever entwined. Author Kate Morton, who “excels at creating absorbing mystery” (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e), explores longings and dreams and the unexpected consequences they sometimes have.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichly detailed, \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Keeper\u003c\/i\u003e is an enthralling tale of lovers and friends, deception and passion, told against a backdrop of events that changed the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20th Century\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eWorld War II \u0026amp; Holocaust\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Washington Square Press","offers":[{"title":"Used - Acceptable","offer_id":47081016262846,"sku":"1439152810-5","price":17.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":47081016295614,"sku":"1439152810-4","price":13.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/71iIwdJKerL.jpg?v=1778653327","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/1439152810-the_secret_keeper","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}