The Book of Secrets A Novel Author:Elizabeth Joy Arnold At once a captivating mystery, a love letter to classic literature, and a sharp-eyed examination of marriage, The Book of Secrets is a gripping novel of family, friendship, and the undeniable pull of the past. — — After more than twenty years of marriage, Chloe Sinclair comes home one night to find that her husband, Nate, is gone. All he has lef... more »t behind is a cryptic note explaining that he?s returned to their childhood town, a place Chloe never wants to see again.
While trying to reach Nate, Chloe stumbles upon a notebook tucked inside his antique copy of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Written in code, the pages contain long-buried secrets from their past, and clues to why he went home after all these years. As Chloe struggles to decipher the notebook?s hidden messages, she revisits the seminal moments of their youth: the day she met the enigmatic Sinclair children ane the increasingly dangerous games they played to escape their troubled childhoods; the first time Nate kissed her, camped out on the beach like Robinson Crusoe; and the elaborate plan she and Nate devised, inspired by Romeo and Juliet, to break away from his oppressive father. As the reason for Nate?s absence comes to light, the truth will forever shatter everything Chloe knows?about her husband, his family, and herself.
Advance praise for The Book of Secrets
?Transcendent . . . a beautiful and haunting ode to the power of words and how they shape our lives.??New York Times bestselling author Sarah Addison Allen
?A beautiful and heart-wrenching story.??Carla Buckley, author of Invisible
?Fascinating . . . a complex meditation on the elusive nature of truth and the power of secrets.??Henriette Lazaridis Power, author of The Clover House
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