With Family Pictures, New York Times bestseller Jane Green delivers a riveting novel about two women whose lives intersect when a shocking secret is revealed
From the author of Another Piece of My Heart comes the gripping story of two women who live on opposite coasts but whose lives are connected in ways they never could have imagined. Both women are wives and mothers to children who are about to leave the nest for school. They're both in their forties and have husbands who travel more than either of them would like. They are both feeling an emptiness neither had expected. But when a shocking secret is exposed, their lives are blown apart. As dark truths from the past reveal themselves, will these two women be able to learn to forgive, for the sake of their children, if not for themselves?
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My review...........4 stars
I've read several novels by Jane Green and I always enjoy them, some more than others. This one is told by two women (with occasional chapters from their respective daughters), during roughly a two year time period. I definitely liked one of the women more, but the other one evolved more throughout the course of the book. There was also a concurrent storyline about anorexia happening to one of the daughters, adding even more strain to an already volatile situation. The story had a good flow to it and the characters were well done. I did find the transformation of one of the women a bit hard to believe, and the way the secret was revealed was pretty non-plausible, but it didn't affect my enjoyment of the story that much. In typical Jane Green fashion, the ending is all tidy and nice, but sometimes that is what I want from a book, and why I pick up books by this author.
I listened to this book on audio. It was narrated by Amy Quint. At first I wasn't sure if I liked her voice since the last two audios I've had were done by very soft spoken narrators. I got used to it fairly quickly, and ended up being fine with her narration.
A good saga of two families in crisis, and their way of coping and growing from it. Well worth a read.
From the author of Another Piece of My Heart comes the gripping story of two women who live on opposite coasts but whose lives are connected in ways they never could have imagined. Both women are wives and mothers to children who are about to leave the nest for school. They're both in their forties and have husbands who travel more than either of them would like. They are both feeling an emptiness neither had expected. But when a shocking secret is exposed, their lives are blown apart. As dark truths from the past reveal themselves, will these two women be able to learn to forgive, for the sake of their children, if not for themselves?
I have as yet to read a Jane Green although I have one on my actual shelf. The 1st person present tense sort of puts me off, but I just read another book with that style and loved it, so guess its nearly time to try a Jane Green. I must see if there are any on Audible available to me. Sometimes everything does work out a little too easy, but I like you, go with the flow and enjoy the story as a whole.
I almost think with first person present books the audio works better than the print version. Hope you find a copy, thanks for stopping by.