The Little Things
March 21, 2016

I actually read The Husband’s Secret last fall, and just realized that I never posted the review of this book- oops! The Husband’s Secret is by Liane Moriarty (Big Little Lies, What Alice Forgot), so I’m instantly pretty excited when I sit down to read a book by her!

The book follows Cecilia, a woman who finds a letter  written by her husband, to be opened after his death. He hasn’t died, but she sits down to read it anyways. The content of the letter shakes up her world and calls her life into question. Two other women’s lives and stories remain interconnected as well, and as their individual lives unfold, connections begin to be made as their lives are woven together. How will Cecilia move forward with the truths from her husband’s letter, and how will the other women’s lives be impacted?

The Husband's Secret

Here are a few quotes from the book:

“This was how it could be done. This was how you lived with a terrible secret. You just did it. You pretended everything was fine. You ignored the deep, cramplike pain in your stomach. You somehow anesthetized yourself so that nothing felt that bad, but nothing felt that good either.”

“Falling in love was easy.anyone could fall. It was holding on that was tricky”

“None of us ever know all the possible courses our lives could have and maybe should have taken. It’s probably just as well. Some secrets are meant to stay secret forever. Just ask Pandora.”

So how did I personally enjoy The Husband’s Secret? I would’ve given it a different rating at different points of the book, but overall I’d give it between a 4 and 4.5 (out of 5). There were some slow points even though I consistently enjoyed the story line. The epilogue was absolutely fantastic, and made the entire book worth it!

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