
Secret Lives
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
3 months free
Buy for $19.34
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Johanna Parker
Actress Eden Riley's decision to make a film about her mother plunges her into a shattering confrontation with her own past, irrevocably altering her life and the lives of those she loves. Her mother, Katherine Swift, was a renowned children's author who died when Eden was very young. Now Eden, recovering from a divorce and disillusioned with her glamorous life, returns to the childhood home of the mother she barely knew. She moves in with her uncle, archaeologist Kyle Swift and his wife, Louise.
Eden gets more than she bargained for when Kyle gives her the journal her mother had kept from the age of 13 until her death. Eden is spellbound by the powerfully written, intimate diary that chronicles a life of hardship, madness, and tragedy. But her fascination turns to horror when she discovers the shocking truth about her mother's life.
Eden turns for comfort to Ben Alexander, Kyle's colleague, not knowing that Ben has a secret of his own that could ruin Eden and her career. Now Eden must make a heartbreaking decision as she struggles to lay the ghosts of the past to rest and come to terms with her own future.
Shifting gracefully between Eden's world and Katherine's, Secret Lives seduces with the power of its images and the lyricism of its prose.
©1992 Diane Chamberlain (P)2013 TantorListeners also enjoyed...




















People who viewed this also viewed...


















I especially liked the way it explored the world of severe social anxiety. As a person who has lived with crippling anxiety my entire life, it was interesting to see it reflected in a character from an earlier time period. You read the lines and just ache as you see it worsen and worsen. For me it was a glimpse into what my life might have been like if I was living in a world before pharmacology.
The other themes, divorce and custody, the fallout of sexual molestation, the way betrayal can deform lives, all of it was crafted quite well. The most striking thing is how well it illustrated the finality of human decisions. Nothing, once done, can ever truly be undone. You can make amends, you can go back and finish unfinished goals, but you can never actual undo anything in the past, and usually you can't even want to. Even the worst things that happen, the worst decisions, the worst betrayal, all of it still leads forward to a new place. And somehow, humans manage to find joy where they are in some way. It's almost impossible to actually want to give up the gifts of today in order to change the past, no matter how terrible it was.
Rocky, but Powerful
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Would you consider the audio edition of Secret Lives to be better than the print version?
I haven't read the print version, but I enjoyed the audio version.How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?
It sort of dragged on, but the twists were good.Good Read, but not my favorite
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Wow. Just, wow.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Unexpected Plots and Twists
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
What did you love best about Secret Lives?
this was easy to follow even with the story going back to reading of the book and back to present. there are several things going on but it keeps you wanting to did itWhat was one of the most memorable moments of Secret Lives?
finding out who the child molester isWhat about Johanna Parker’s performance did you like?
expressive voicegreat book
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Engaging and wonderful story
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Good multi-layered book
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
If you could sum up Secret Lives in three words, what would they be?
WTFWhat was one of the most memorable moments of Secret Lives?
When she finds out the truth about her father.Have you listened to any of Johanna Parker’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Never listened to her before but she is wonderful.If you could take any character from Secret Lives out to dinner, who would it be and why?
Not sure if I would want to dine with any of them. Would love to go for a long walk and they would have my undivided attention.Any additional comments?
Quite a book full of twists and turns. It was so interesting that I ended up painting the grout in my entire house just to listen to this book. (I only listen to books while commuting, working out or doing housework or yardwork.)What a Story!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Secret Lives
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
cringe worthy moments
Not her best
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.