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Original Title:	Boomerang
ISBN:	0312593317 (ISBN13: 9780312593315)
Edition Language:	English

A Secret Kept

Tatiana de Rosnay

Hardcover | Pages: 303 pages

Rating: 3.34 | 24564 Users | 2917 Reviews

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Title	:	A Secret Kept
Author	:	Tatiana de Rosnay
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 303 pages
Published	:	September 14th 2010 by St. Martin's Press (first published April 2nd 2009)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. France. Mystery. Adult Fiction

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This stunning novel from Tatiana de Rosnay, author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller Sarah's Key, plumbs the depths of complex family relationships and the power of a past secret to change everything in the present.

It all began with a simple seaside vacation, a brother and sister recapturing their childhood. Antoine Rey thought he had the perfect surprise for his sister Mélanie's birthday: a weekend by the sea at Noirmoutier Island, where the pair spent many happy childhood summers playing on the beach. It had been too long, Antoine thought, since they'd returned to the island - over thirty years, since their mother died and the family holidays ceased. But the island's haunting beauty triggers more than happy memories; it reminds Mélanie of something unexpected and deeply disturbing about their last island summer. When, on the drive home to Paris, she finally summons the courage to reveal what she knows to Antoine, her emotions overcome her and she loses control of the car.

Recovering from the accident in a nearby hospital, Mélanie tries to recall what caused her to crash. Antoine encounters an unexpected ally: sexy, streetwise Angèle, a mortician who will teach him new meanings for the words life, love and death. Suddenly, however, the past comes swinging back at both siblings, burdened with a dark truth about their mother, Clarisse.

Trapped in the wake of a shocking family secret shrouded by taboo, Antoine must confront his past and also his troubled relationships with his own children. How well does he really know his mother, his children, even himself? Suddenly fragile on all fronts as a son, a husband, a brother and a father, Antoine Rey will learn the truth about his family and himself the hard way. By turns thrilling, seductive and destructive, with a lingering effect that is bittersweet and redeeming, A Secret Kept is the story of a modern family, the invisible ties that hold it together, and the impact it has throughout life.

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I thought, through the early part of the book, that the story had promise, Antoine's incessant whining aside. But, ultimately, the characterizations remained very weak and superficial. Characteristics and conflicts were introduced and just more-or-less went away without any real insight into the characters: Melanie, found a man and didn't want to know the secret; Arno underwent a sudden change; the father, who suffered a major personality change at his wife's death, alienating his children, was

Nothing like Sarah's Key and really not much of a mystery or plot. I don't know if the writer got into the main character's "skin", a woman writing as a man. He was an awfully wimpy guy, had problems w/his teenagers, job, ex-wife, etc. until the lust (well, it wasn't love) of a cool motorcycle chick got him kickstarted back to life. I obviously didn't get all the Parisian references listed, which I don't remember being a problem in Sarah's Key. (copied review) This stunning new novel from

This book is a quick read, but pretty insufferable. Aside from being poorly written - overly descriptive, convoluted perspectives, clunky use of adjectives, etc. - the plot is uneven and uninteresting, and as many reviewers have pointed out, the secret referenced in the title is not worth waiting for. The characters are one-dimentional sketches, and many of the mini plot-twists serve no point, building up to nothing, and are quickly discarded. Strangely, for the first couple of chapters I kept

It's not an extraordinary "wow-you" book, but some parts of the book quite keep you want to read in a hurry. If you ever experience how secrets after secrets discovered after someone closed passed away, you will feel connected. Somehow it's chained you to keep reading. Haven't read Sarah's Key, but will definitely look for it.

It all started with a simple vocation, when a brother and sister are forever changed by a tragic accident. Antoine Ray thought of the perfect surprise for his sister Melanie's who has a big birthday coming up. Planning on to take her to the sea of Noirmoutier Island where the two grew up with happy childhood memories and many summers staying out in the beach. It has been thirty year since the last time they captured the beauty of the island the bond they shared. During that time, their beloved

I enjoyed this book, although not in the way that i thought that i would. I expected a bit more of a mystery to the story...that is after all the direction the title pointed me. However, the secret that is kept is really just a small part of the book, the main part being the life of Antonio Rey, a divorced middle-age man living in Paris. I found myself relating far too much to this character! de Rosnay hits so many of the emotions of growing older with such accuracy that it's at times a bit

A Secret Kept bears no relationship to Sarah's Key, by this author. It is also set in France, where the reader discovers the wonders of the countryside, the power and beauty of the sea and the culture and bustle of the city (mainly Paris).De Rosnay has skillfully narrated this novel in the voice of a male, successfully capturing his emotions throughout. In addition to facing a mid-life crisis, he has unresolved feelings of loss and love for his failed marriage, his difficult relationships with