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The Husband's Secret. Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. Download PDF.
Mar 1, 2015 · "The Husband's Secret" by Liane Moriarty sounds awesome in theory. A woman finds a hidden letter written years ago by her loyal husband that contains a secret that could change or ruin many lives. It also follows two other women and their stories of love and heartbreak.
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The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty is a modern day take on the story of Pandora and her box. It details the lives of three women who are impacted by the murder of a teen girl that happened nearly thirty years ago. The end of the novel includes an ironic twist as author Moriarty shows how tiny decisions can change the scope of dozens of lives.
- Cecilia Fitzpatrick
- Tess O’Leary
- Rachel Crowley
- Cecilia and John-Paul
- The Connection
- Connor Whitby
- The Secret of The Letter
- Cecilia’s Torments
- Tess and Connor
- Cecilia and Rachel
Cecilia Fitzpatrick is a happily married mother of three who, by the looks of it, has it all figured out. However, at the beginning of the novel, she is distraught and anxious about something. Namely, sitting at the kitchen table, Cecilia wonders if she should read the unopened letter in front of her. It’s from her husband John-Paul,and it explicit...
Tess O’Leary has a severe husband-problem of her own. She has just discovered that her partner, Will, has feelings for her cousin, Felicity. And that the two plan to move in together – into their very home. Supposedly, this should be good for Tess and Will’s young son, Liam; in fact, Will believes that such a move should help Liam deal with the cha...
Rachel Crowley is the least happy of the three women: almost all of the people she loved in her life are dead. That’s not only true for her parents and her husband but, also, unfortunately, for her daughter, Janie as well, murdered brutally back in 1984. Ever since then, Rachel has been living a half-life, finding some happiness only in caring for ...
Cecilia decides not to open the letter before calling her husband and telling him about it. John-Paul asks from her not to read it. Even though he is a bit unclear as to why, Cecilia tells him that he will respect his wishes. They will talk things out when he gets home. However – being merely a human being – deep down inside her she desperately wan...
Tess is about to enroll her son Liam into school when she bumps into Cecilia. We find out that the two women know each other: they are old school acquaintances. And their children will probably be able to say the same in many years’ time, since Tess is enrolling Liam at the very same school where Polly, Cecilia’s daughter, currently goes. And Rache...
As Rachel is meeting Tess and Liam for the first time, Connor Whitby enters the office. Connor is the Physical Education teacher at the school and is obviously not Rachel’s favorite person. And their animosity dates back to 1984 when the sergeant working on the case of Rachel’s murdered daughter maintained that Connor was lying about something. In ...
John-Paul returns home, and he and Cecilia passionately make love. And all’s well until Cecilia wakes up in the middle of the night to hear footsteps in the attic. She realizes that whatever’s in the letter is so incriminating that John-Paul wants to do away with it immediately. So, she heads to her office where she had put the letter after finding...
However, all hell is happening inside her head. And when she happens upon Tess and Rachel at the school, she is so deeply affected that she faints. Tess takes her home, and she returns later to the school to fetch Polly’s shoes as well. There she meets Connor and flirts with him. He invites her on a date. And she agrees. Meanwhile, John-Paul’s moth...
Tess and Connor have an exceptional date which ends with an intimate rendezvous: both in physical and in a spiritual sense. In other words: after they have sex, they tell each other their deepest secrets. Tess that she has marriage problems and that her husband wants to live with her cousin; and Connor that he was a suspect in the case of Janie Cro...
Rachel, however, knows Connor for a lot longer and she has a very different idea. And when Cecilia comes over to her house to deliver her some Tupperware (there’s Tupperware everywhere in the novel!), she tells her that she’s very close to catching Janie’s killer, having uncovered some new evidence. Cecilia, however, couldn’t possibly know that Rac...
The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty is a riveting novel that plunges deep into the complexities of marriage, secrets, and the unforeseeable consequences of our actions. Published in 2013, this book quickly climbed its way up the bestseller lists, showcasing Moriarty’s knack for blending suspense with the everyday drama of family life.
by Liane Moriarty. Critics' Opinion: Readers' rating: Published Jul 2013. 416 pages. Genre: Literary Fiction. Publication Information. Rate this book. Buy This Book. About this book. Summary. Book Summary. At the heart of The Husband's Secret is a letter that's not meant to be read: My darling Cecilia, if you're reading this, then I've died...
Sep 1, 2023 · Rachel Crowley, an elderly woman haunted by the unsolved murder of her teenage daughter, struggles with the weight of her guilt and grief. When she learns that Connor Whitby, the man she believes responsible for her daughter’s death, is returning to town, Rachel’s desire for justice resurfaces.
