Someone Elses Secret, Julia Spiro
Someone Elses Secret, Julia Spiro
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Someone Else's Secret

Author: Julia Spiro

Narrator: Brittany Pressley

Unabridged: 12 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/01/2020

Synopsis

Here’s the thing about secrets: they change shape over time, become blurry with memory, until the truth is nearly lost.2009. Lindsey and Georgie have high hopes for their summer on Martha’s Vineyard. In the wake of the recession, ambitious college graduate Lindsey accepts a job as a nanny for an influential family who may help her land a position in Boston’s exclusive art world. Georgie, the eldest child in that family, is nearly fifteen and eager to find herself, dreaming of independence and yearning for first love.Over the course of that formative summer, the two young women develop a close bond. Then, one night by the lighthouse, a shocking act occurs that ensnares them both in the throes of a terrible secret. Their budding friendship is shattered, and neither one can speak of what happened that night for ten long years.Until now. Lindsey and Georgie must confront the past after all this time. Their quest for justice will require costly sacrifices, but it also might give them the closure they need to move on. All they know for sure is that when the truth is revealed, their lives will be forever changed once again.From a fresh voice in fiction, this poignant and timely novel explores the strength and nuance of female friendship, the cost of ambition, and the courage it takes to speak the truth.

About Julia Spiro

Julia Spiro was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. After graduating from Harvard College, she lived in Los Angeles and worked in the film industry for nearly a decade. She now lives year-round on Martha’s Vineyard. Someone Else’s Secret is her first novel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lynda on June 11, 2020

I got as far as 40% in but then packed it in. The big "event" hadn't occurred by then and I was getting bored with it. By the time I gave in we'd pretty much only learned which blokes the girls fancied and it all came across as more like a YA story than for someone my age, in her 50s. Somebody review......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on June 08, 2020

Of all my Amazon First Reads options this month, this book appealed to me because of the themes it promised, and what was sold to me as an examination of why those who experience horrifying events often choose to hide it instead of try to get the world to confront it. What I got was a not particular......more

Goodreads review by Nila on August 08, 2020

A story about friendship and secrets. An incident witnessed ten years ago had its effect in the present time. A slow moving book with the characters going through a lot of angst. Parts of it were difficult to read, yet parts captured me. The ending was rushed, just felt the story needed a bit more ti......more

Goodreads review by Cid on June 02, 2020

There is no shortage of pitfalls, when it comes to being young and female; this author nails it. SOMEONE ELSES SECRET was not like anything else I have read. My feelings upon finishing the book are not so much conflicted, as polarized. What I liked about the book, I REALLY liked. What I didn't like,......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on April 10, 2020

What a fun and provocative read - I couldn’t put this book down. The novel has such strong, fantastically written female characters and the shifts in time not only create real suspense, but also allow the reader to see how these characters become both softer and harder in different ways. No one is e......more

Quotes

“A plot that keeps you guessing…an ominous trauma that can set your teeth on edge with the tension it creates…Spiro so viscerally renders Georgie’s feeling of awkward adolescent alienation as she tries desperately to be part of the older crowd that you might cringe with memories of what that stage of life felt like.” —Martha’s Vineyard Times“The stage is thus very neatly set for a sweet, sun-drenched summer-on-the-Vineyard novel but Ms. Spiro has other, darker ideas in mind. The combined forces of lust, envy, conspiratorial scheming and townie resentment are churning just under the surface at all times, culminating in an incident at a lighthouse that will reverberate in the lives of both Lindsey and Georgie…There is personal and emotional wreckage between them that needs courage and self-honesty to clear away.” —Vineyard Gazette“All the more impressive when considering that Someone Else’s Secret is the debut novel for author Julia Spiro, this deftly crafted and narrative-driven story of the challenging yet enduring friendship between two women is a thoroughly absorbing read. This is the kind of novel that will linger in the mind and memory of the reader long after it has been finished and set back upon the shelf.” —Midwest Book Review

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