The Secrets Mothers Keep
Jacquie Underdown
Reviewed by Helen
This is a story of family, secrets and what mothers will do to keep their family safe, three generations of woman from the one family are bought back together to live in a beautiful mansion in a small town in Tasmania, they are there to start a new family business but will secrets be uncovered and will it tear them apart or pull them together. I do hope you will come along for the journey and meet Mary, June, Grace, Lily-Rose and Pia, you will not be sorry.
Mary knows that her beloved homestead is in need of repairs and with no money she needs to get something sorted, this involves bringing her family together and starting a bed and breakfast with them all involved, each member will play a part in the future, she is determined to keep the secret that she has kept for fifty years.
Mary has been through so much in her life, pain and betrayal but she is determined that nothing will hurt her family.
June, Mary’s youngest sister has always been there to support Mary and together they have lived and made a good life in Tasmania.
Grace, the middle sister happily married with her own family but is grieving after the loss of her husband and discovering a past she knew nothing about.
Lily-Rose Mary’s daughter and famous actress her world has fallen apart maybe this time back in her old home will help repair her.
Pia, Mary’s granddaughter she arrives home with a secret of her own but knows this is the place she wants and needs to be.
Five women together under the one roof each with struggles with different issues will being together help them or hinder them and when secrets are uncovered the world as they know it changes so much, will love hold them together? Will it be for the good or not?
This is well written story that takes in so many issues, MS Underdown has bought each character to life so as the reader gets to know them well, I am not sure that I had a favourite character but together they made the story so very good, the ups and downs and the shocks when secrets are revealed had me turning the pages to find out what happens. This is a story that I would highly recommend, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Mary knows that her beloved homestead is in need of repairs and with no money she needs to get something sorted, this involves bringing her family together and starting a bed and breakfast with them all involved, each member will play a part in the future, she is determined to keep the secret that she has kept for fifty years.
Mary has been through so much in her life, pain and betrayal but she is determined that nothing will hurt her family.
June, Mary’s youngest sister has always been there to support Mary and together they have lived and made a good life in Tasmania.
Grace, the middle sister happily married with her own family but is grieving after the loss of her husband and discovering a past she knew nothing about.
Lily-Rose Mary’s daughter and famous actress her world has fallen apart maybe this time back in her old home will help repair her.
Pia, Mary’s granddaughter she arrives home with a secret of her own but knows this is the place she wants and needs to be.
Five women together under the one roof each with struggles with different issues will being together help them or hinder them and when secrets are uncovered the world as they know it changes so much, will love hold them together? Will it be for the good or not?
This is well written story that takes in so many issues, MS Underdown has bought each character to life so as the reader gets to know them well, I am not sure that I had a favourite character but together they made the story so very good, the ups and downs and the shocks when secrets are revealed had me turning the pages to find out what happens. This is a story that I would highly recommend, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
4 stars
Published January 31st 2019
