The Secret Daughter Audiobook By Kelly Rimmer cover art

The Secret Daughter

A Beautiful Novel of Adoption, Heartbreak and a Mother's Love

 Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 months free
Try for $0.00
Offer ends July 31, 2025 at 11:59PM PT.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 3 months. Cancel anytime.

The Secret Daughter

By: Kelly Rimmer
Narrated by: Vanessa Coffey
Try for $0.00

$0.00/mo. after 3 months. Offer ends July 31, 2025 at 11:59PM PT. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $19.18

Buy for $19.18

Confirm purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use, License, and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.
Cancel

As I saw my newborn baby’s face for the first time, I tried desperately to capture her face in my mind - to stamp it onto my eyelids. As she was taken from me, I knew I might never see my daughter again.

Thirty-seven years later... 'You were adopted'. Three short words and Sabina’s life fractures. There would forever be a before those words and an after.

Pregnant with her own child, Sabina can’t understand how a mother could abandon her daughter or why her parents have kept the past a secret. Determined to find the woman who gave her away, what she discovers will change everything, not just for Sabina but for the women who have loved her all these years.

From the best-selling author of Me Without You comes another touching, beautifully told story about the pain of separation and the enduring strength of love.

©2015 Kelly Rimmer (P)2016 Audible, Ltd Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Women's Fiction Tearjerking Heartfelt
Compelling Storyline • Well-developed Characters • Emotional Depth • Multiple Perspectives • Historical Accuracy
Highly rated for:
All stars
Most relevant  
The story was sad and a fascinating look as what happens when people act so very selfishly!

Such a timely topic -especially for America!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This is based on the factual situation of forced adoptions - it is heart-breaking and illuminating.

Sabina learns in her 30s, when expecting her first child, that she was adopted at birth. The book traces the experiences of her birth mother and her adoptive mother, and is told in rotating chapters by all three women. Well done and absorbing.

Eye-Opening

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This is my 3rd book by Ms. Rimmer and honestly, it keeps getting better. She describes emotions really really well. It’s impressive. And i feel pulled in and can see all points of view. I’m so impressed with her.

Great book!!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I loved this book, so good to hear the story from three different perspectives.

Heartbreaking

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I couldn't stop listening to this book. It kept pulling me back in. It's a wonderful story of family, strangers, love, understanding and forgiveness.

Excellent read

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Kelly Rimmer is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. She has the ability to weave a story masterfully! I truly enjoyed listening to this book. The story characters became alive to me and I felt their heartbreak and happiness as I joined in their life journeys. The narration was perfection.

Masterfully Done

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This book is well written and was hard to put down! I highly recommend it.

Loved this book!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I enjoyed this book. As an adoptee myself, I related to it on a personal level. Vanessa is a good narrator. It might’ve been effective to have different ones like in another story I enjoyed by Kelly Rimmer, since each chapter switches from one character to another. I look forward to picking out another one soon.

Wonderful story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A wonderful account of the joys and heartbreak of parenting a child that two families lived through. Forced adoption in Australia and probably all over the world.

A spectacular story that did happen!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
It kept my interest to the end.. To have to be in that situation is real hard.. but those were the times

Great story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews