Secret Keepers

This book set off a variety of thoughts and opinions while I was reading it. First, I thought it began a little slow. The novel is about a family Emma, who just lost her husband, Dora her daughter, Bobby, Emma’s mentally disturbed son and Kyle, Dora’s son. Emma is trying to adjust to being a widow.......more

I thought this sounded really good - I liked the idea of a gift of gardening that touches a small town and unearths secrets. Two things that I didn't like about this book were that one - in the description it says nothing about the fundamentalist christian theme that one family members is wrapped up......more

I've been fixated on creating quality characters since, well, since my own writing workshops, and I can't help but notice that Mindy is an author whose characters are so believable, they seem lifted from real life. They are so complex and well-written that you feel like you're getting to know them f......more

The opening of Mindy Friddle’s new novel, Secret Keepers, provides the reader with some of the back story that will be important later in this novel. The action then shifts to current time with “Emma Hanley, seventy-two, found herself just days away from embarking on a journey of a lifetime.” Emma is......more

Took a bit to get into. The pace of the book seemed a little odd. Overall it was a fast read once I got about halfway but I wasn’t overly thrilled about the story.......more