The Last Secret, Mary McGarry Morris
The Last Secret, Mary McGarry Morris
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The Last Secret
A Novel

Author: Mary McGarry Morris

Narrator: Renée Raudman

Unabridged: 11 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/16/2009

Categories: Fiction, Psychological


Synopsis

Mary McGarry Morris has been hailed by the New York Times as "one of the most skillful writers at work in America today." In The Last Secret, she tells the riveting story of Nora Hammond, a woman blessed with the perfect life: a charming husband, two bright teenage children, a successful career in the family's newspaper business, and an esteemed role in the charity work of her New England town. But Nora's comfortable existence threatens to unravel when she learns of her husband's longtime affair—and when the specter of a sordid incident from her youth returns with terrifying force.

Confronted by shame and betrayal, Nora suddenly feels dangerously alone. With no one to turn to, she becomes easy prey to a ghost from her past—the cunning, relentless Eddie Hawkins.

A tautly told tale of psychological tension and chilling moral complexity, The Last Secret accelerates to a shattering conclusion as it explores the irreparable consequences of one family's crimes of the heart. The Last Secret burnishes Morris's reputation as one of our most prodigiously gifted writers.

About Mary McGarry Morris

Mary McGarry Morris is the author of Vanished, a finalist for the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award; A Dangerous Woman, which was chosen by Time magazine as one of the five best novels of the year; Songs in Ordinary Time, an Oprah Book Club Selection and national bestseller; and the critically acclaimed Fiona Range and A Hole in the Universe. She lives in Andover, Massachusetts.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Morgan on 2011-06-20 16:21:11

Extremely hard to get into, very slow read. Didnt enjoy the story.

Goodreads review by Nette

Next time I'm going to trust the Goodreads reviewers rather than the established print critics, who thought this book was rich and lyrical and wrenching (and who all must have discovered crisp hundred dollar bills tucked into their review copies). Imagine a novelization of the worst Lifetime "Woman......more

Goodreads review by Beth

It's a mixed blessing to get good dust-jacket blurbs. Mary McGarry Morris's work was described as brilliant, absorbing, thrilling, deeply affecting, and astonishing---among others. And the people giving the praise are no slouches since they are writing for the NYTimes and the Washington Post (among......more

Goodreads review by Nancy

I'm giving it 2 stars because I did finish it, but probably only because it was an audiobook I listened to while driving and it was not hard to keep up with. From the description, it didn't sound like my cup of tea, but I like other Mary McGarry Morris books so much that I checked out this one. The......more

Goodreads review by Valerie

I didn't really connect with this book. The main character is, by her own description, cold and bossy, and you never really get to see a soft side that makes you care about her. The premise was interesting - the man from her past arriving when her life is falling apart - but then the story takes an......more