The Husband's Secret

By: Liane Moriarty

Narrated by: Caroline Lee

Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins

Publisher's summary

"My darling Cecilia, if you’re reading this, then I’ve died...."

Imagine that your husband wrote you a letter, to be opened after his death. Imagine, too, that the letter contains his deepest, darkest secret - something with the potential to destroy not just the life you built together, but the lives of others as well. Imagine, then, that you stumble across that letter while your husband is still very much alive....

Cecilia Fitzpatrick has achieved it all - she's an incredibly successful businesswoman, a pillar of her small community, and a devoted wife and mother. Her life is as orderly and spotless as her home. But that letter is about to change everything, and not just for her: Rachel and Tess barely know Cecilia - or each other - but they too are about to feel the earth-shattering repercussions of her husband’s secret.

Acclaimed author Liane Moriarty has written a gripping, thought-provoking novel about how well it is really possible to know our spouses - and, ultimately, ourselves.

©2013 Liane Moriarty (P)2013 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

“Spellbinding.... A knockout!” (Emily Giffin, New York Times best-selling author)

“The Husband’s Secret is so good, you won’t be able to keep it to yourself.” (USA Today)

“Lip-smacking and sharply intelligent.” (Entertainment Weekly)

ENGAGING AND DRAMATIC

4.5 Stars. I wasn't quite sure what to think when I began this book -- it was three disparate stories that I knew were going to connect but couldn't figure out how and, I wasn't sure I wanted to know as the characters seemed so ordinary and even somewhat superficial. And then, in a split-second, the book took off and I was hooked!

While some may look at this as a piece of women's fiction, I believe it runs deeper than that. To me, it is a treatise on guilt: how people live with this very strong emotion and how their feelings about guilt affect those around them. It begins with the perfectly ordered life of Cecilia and John-Paul and their perfect little family of three beautiful girls; it continues with Tess whose husband Will is leaving her for her close-as-a-sister cousin Felicity, causing Tess to engage in a wild affair of her own; it ends with Rachel whose daughter Janey was found murdered decades before yet she can't get over the pain, especially when she uncovers evidence that -- to her -- shows incontrovertible proof that someone she always suspected must be guilty of the crime.

The author moves between the three stories with ease until they all coalesce. And, despite the plethora of characters, they are all treated with care and seriousness.

This was a good read -- engaging, involving, dramatic and entertaining. I very much enjoyed Caroline Lee's narration. She hit all the right notes with her reading and captured the emotion of the characters extremely well.

Excellent! Well written and well read.

Another great story by Liane Moriarty. She describes events of life in such a way that gives texture to the experience if you are familiar and context if you are not.

Australian story read with English accent?

Not a bad story. Wish I had just read the book though. The story set in Australia read by a person with an English accent just didnt do it f or me.

could listen all day

I enjoyed the story although it didn't end as I eanted, but ended realistically, possibly as expected. loved the reader's voice and accent

The Husband's Secret

Would you consider the audio edition of The Husband's Secret to be better than the print version?

Never read the book!

What did you like best about this story?

This story has just the right amount of supensise! I love this book and the women reading the book makes it all that much better. I can't wait to finish this book. Such a good book and awesome listen.

Which character – as performed by Caroline Lee – was your favorite?

I loved them all!

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

How well do you really know anyone in your life?

Any additional comments?

Must read this is the best book I have hear in some time.

I just love the narrator! lovely listen

I will listen to anything read by Caroline Lee. Just so easy on my ears and I love the characters! Great.

Loved it!

This was a book that I didn't want to finish. I wanted it to go on and on. Liane Moriarty created characters that were unique but believable. This book was 3, maybe 4 stories that all tied together at the end. I laughed and cried over and over. The Husband's Secret ranks in my top 10 favorite books ever read.

Great characters.... Epilogue perfect!

Great story! I've become a fan! Narration was spot on. Epilogue was perfect!

Enjoyed very much

Would you consider the audio edition of The Husband's Secret to be better than the print version?

Not sure, I don't have the print version

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Husband's Secret?

When she finally finds out the secret, and when she is at the hospital towards the end but that's all I will say, I don't want to spoil anything.

Which scene was your favorite?

The hospital scene when she is talking to the other Mom

If you could take any character from The Husband's Secret out to dinner, who would it be and why?

Hmmmmm...not sure on that one

Any additional comments?

This is the first book I read by this author, and I have already bought another one. I enjoyed the narrator very much as well.

Captivating

I loved the narrator's voice and performances.
The story kept me interested and awake
thru many hours of driving.

I would recommend this book to a
Friend