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'During a party at the family farm in the English countryside, sixteen-year-old Laurel Nicolson has escaped to her childhood tree house and is dreaming of the future. She spies a stranger coming up the road and sees her mother speak to him. Before the afternoon is over, Laurel will witness a shocking crime that challenges everything she knows about her family and especially her mother, Dorothy. Now, fifty years later, Laurel is a successful and well-regarded actress, living in London. She returns to the family farm for Dorothy's ninetieth birthday and finds herself overwhelmed by questions she has not thought about for decades. From pre-WWII England through the Blitz, to the fifties and beyond, discover the secret history of three strangers from vastly different worlds--Dorothy, Vivien, and Jimmy--who meet by chance in wartime London and whose lives are forever entwined. This book explores longings and dreams, the lengths people go to fulfill them, and the consequences they can have. It is a story of lovers, friends, dreamers, and schemers told--in Morton's signature style--against a backdrop of events that changed the world.' Libraries Australia.
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To and Fro through the Decades
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 January 2013; (p. 28)
— Review of The Secret Keeper : A Novel 2012 single work novel -
[Review] The Secret Keeper : A Novel
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 57 no. 1 2013; (p. 33)
— Review of The Secret Keeper : A Novel 2012 single work novel -
Winning Words
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 27-28 July 2013; (p. 4-5) -
Success No Secret
2013
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 27 May 2013; (p. 27) -
TBR : Inside the List
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The New York Times Book Review , 4 November 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of The Secret Keeper : A Novel 2012 single work novel
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History Finds a Strong Voice
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 - 4 November 2012; (p. 21)
— Review of The Secret Keeper : A Novel 2012 single work novel -
Secrets Told with Exquisite Timing
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 17-18 November 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of The Secret Keeper : A Novel 2012 single work novel -
Right Formula No Secret
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 November 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of The Secret Keeper : A Novel 2012 single work novel -
Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 10 November 2012; (p. 34)
— Review of The Secret Keeper : A Novel 2012 single work novel -
TBR : Inside the List
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The New York Times Book Review , 4 November 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of The Secret Keeper : A Novel 2012 single work novel -
Away with Words
2012
single work
biography
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 28 November - 4 December no. 910 2012; (p. 10-11) -
Success No Secret
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 27 May 2013; (p. 27) -
Winning Words
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 27-28 July 2013; (p. 4-5)
Awards
- 2013 winner Queensland Literary Awards — The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year
- 2013 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
- 2013 winner APA Book Design Awards — Best Designed Literary Fiction Book designed by Lisa White.
- 2013 winner Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian General Fiction Book of the Year
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