Synopses & Reviews
Sophie and her sister, Jess, grow up knowing that a few little lies are necessary: You look great. It was only a joke. He's just stressed. It doesn't matter. Everything's fine. Everybody does it, don't they? But what about the big lies—about love, power and money? When Sophie discovers her father's secret, and Jess falls in love with the charismatic Jake, Sophie has to look at her own life again. Should she keep quiet or tear her family apart with the truth? And if she tells, who will pay the ultimate price?
Review
Its focus on the darker side of relationships and the shocking twists make this brilliant and sensitively written novel a winner,A sensitively written portrayal of psychological abuse and how families survive it,Dramatic . . . daringly scandalous!
Synopsis
A passionate love affair. A happy young family. And a successful 30-year marriage.
But which one will be destroyed by the truth?
Sophie and her sister, Jess, grow up knowing that a few little lies are necessary: You look great. It was only a joke. He's just stressed. It doesn't matter. Everything's fine.
Everybody does it, don't they?
But what about the big lies - about love, power and money? When Sophie discovers her father's secret, and Jess falls in love with the charismatic Jake, Sophie has to look at her own life again. Should she keep quiet or tear her family apart with the truth?
And if she tells, who will pay the ultimate price?
Synopsis
Can you ever really save a woman from the wrong man?
A passionate love affair. A happy young family. And a successful 30-year marriage. But which one will be destroyed by the truth?
Sophie and her sister, Jess, grow up knowing that a few little lies are necessary: You look great. It was only a joke. He's just stressed. It doesn't matter. Everything's fine.
Everybody does it, don't they?
But what about the big lies - about love, power and money? When Sophie discovers her father's secret, and Jess falls in love with the charismatic Jake, Sophie has to look at her own life again. Should she keep quiet or tear her family apart with the truth?
And if she tells, who will pay the ultimate price?
About the Author
Nina Bell is the author of three other family sagas,The Inheritance, Sisters in Law, and, most recently, The Empty Nesters.