The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty

As in her previous books, Moriarty combines the tales of three seemingly differently suburban women unknowingly connected by a dark secret. The book has her typical wit and levity, but also addresses heavy issues of murder, responsibility and infidelity. It begs you to question how far you would go to protect your children and family, and how much you would be willing to forgive. Catholicism and the Easter season play rather large roles throughout the story, presumably to discuss moral reasoning in the traditional black and white context versus the more nuanced day-to-day decision making, which gave the book a rather conservative feel. The periodic racial slurs and not-so-subtle encouragement for women to “look the other way” didn’t help that. However, I still felt myself drawn to a few of the characters and enjoy the way Moriarty weaves stories together; I will likely read another book by her.

Year Published: 2013 | Rating: 2/5

You can grab a copy now on Amazon in paperback.

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