The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty

The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty Book Summary

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“A novel that’s perfect for vacation reading.” —People

“It’s a knowing, touching, and entertaining page-turner. What a wonderful writer—smart, wise, funny.” —Anne Lamott

"The Husband's Secret is so good, you won't be able to keep it to yourself." —USA Today

“Shocking, complex and thought-provoking, this is a story reading groups will devour. A knockout!" —Emily Giffin, New York Times bestselling author

“The Husband's Secret is a smart, thoughtful read… [a] lip-smacking and intelligently written novel.” —Entertainment Weekly

"For a provocative page-turner, read The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty." —Woman's World

"Brilliant." —Sophia Hannah, international bestselling author of The Wrong Mother

At the heart of The Husband’s Secret is a letter that’s not meant to be read

My darling Cecilia, if you’re reading this, then I’ve died. . .


Imagine that your husband wrote you a letter, to be opened after his death. Imagine, too, that the letter contains his deepest, darkest secret—something with the potential to destroy not just the life you built together, but the lives of others as well. Imagine, then, that you stumble across that letter while your husband is still very much alive. . . .
Cecilia Fitzpatrick has achieved it all—she’s an incredibly successful businesswoman, a pillar of her small community, and a devoted wife and mother. Her life is as orderly and spotless as her home. But that letter is about to change everything, and not just for her: Rachel and Tess barely know Cecilia—or each other—but they too are about to feel the earth-shattering repercussions of her husband’s secret.

Acclaimed author Liane Moriarty has written a gripping, thought-provoking novel about how well it is really possible to know our spouses—and, ultimately, ourselves.

The Husband's Secret Book Details

Book Name The Husband's Secret
Genre Fiction & Literature
Author Liane Moriarty
Published 30 July 2013, Tuesday
Price $12.99
E-Book Size 2.43 MB

The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty Book Reviews

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Kpe12

The Husband's Secret. Wow!! The characters in the beginning of the book can confuse you, but you will love them. They are funny, sometimes hateful, but interesting. Read this book in two days. Fantastic. Great author.

Bee Bonnet

Great Read. I loved this book! Read in 24 hours! We all have secrets, desires, and nobody is perfect. This book laid it all out perfectly. Everything happens for a reason, even if it is painful! Highly recommend for a weekend read!

JennyG1995

A Must Read. An absolute must read. You find out the secret and then the unthinkable happens. Does the victims mom do the right thing? A life for an arm.....read to find out. Page turning at its best.

Janet6000

Excellent mystery. Kept my attention and I stayed up way too late reading. Great surprise ending!

Gram x 5

Love Leanne Moriarty. Good book. Read it in two days.

Austinjrandall

10/10!. such a good book written by an even better author!

Ladyleinaa

so good !. I should have written this review weeks ago... but my brain didn’t register that I could! I really enjoyed this read. I love a good book with twists, turns and connections!! Definitely recommend this one!

Lexielexgirl1

Awesome Vacation Read!. You won’t be able to put it down!

Sukayhar

Great Plot Twists. Great read and character development.

Nukkib341

Great book!. Amazing.

AuntJannie

Unputdownable. Loved this book! I enjoy the author’s unique style. For me, her style of unfolding the characters and their stories is fresh and compelling. There were several clever, laugh out loud moments where her use of words was hilarious. I read it because I enjoyed Big Little Lies on HBO, and wanted to see how one of Liane Moriarty’s books would be. I will be buying her others shortly!

Kiarra Monique

It was just okay. The premise of this novel was highly intriguing, unfortunately, for me, it didn't live up to that. This was my first liane Moriarty book, but I'd been drawn to her work because of how delightfully good the HBO adaptation of Big Little Lies was. So, I came in with high expectations. As I mentioned, the premise had a heck of a hook....wife finds a note husband only intended for her to read when he was dead, but he's still very much alive! To my displeasure the plot didn't focus solely on said husband and wife, there was a lot of jumping around to the point where it was like multiple. mini stories within a bigger story. I generally like that--when every mini story has a purpose/impact on the overall plot. Rachel's story was necessary because she is the only living parent of the dead girl. However, Tess's story left me scratching my head. Like, why did I jus spend hours reading about her when she had nothing to do with the overall plot/premise? Generally, I found much of the story to be a bit dull and pointless. The best part of the book was the end. When the author launches into the "what if's" of the book. I reallllly liked that bit and it made me look at the story a bit differently.

Pink dreams

Great story. Found it a bit hard to get into at the beginning but once I knew who was who I loved it and couldn’t put it down.

Suzette23

The Husbands Secret. Disappointing. Very confusing. Lots of characters had to keep straight. Tedious reading. Barely got through it. Don’t waste your money

Deej1367

Predictable but good. The “twists” weren’t all that surprising, but overall a decent summer read

Mytwobsandme

Could not stop!. Literally read from front to back in less than 24 hours. Mind blowing. Emotional but yet addicted to knowing what would happen next. Amazing book that I'll never forget. Now I'm about to start reading the next book "big little lies".

Ihabmarz

A satisfying read. This is the kind of book that will make you feel things. It's funny, heartbreaking, soothing and it will teach certain things about life that you compelled to learn. Simply unputdownable.

MissChargers619

Pretty Good. This book was better than I thought it would be. Very predictable, but still enjoyable. The dialogue was believable and I could buy the way the characters acted and reacted to the events.

Marymarie

Loved it. She is an amazing writer. This story had me hooked from the start

Pink9836

Astonishing!. This novel really got me. I purchased shortly after it was released and just got around to finishing. It was borderline for me to get totally hooked into but I couldn't be happier that I did. This was a masterpiece. The epilogue was impeccable. This is a must. You will love every second of it.

Mrs.muench

Save your time…don’t read. The story reared it’s peak once we found out what was in the letter. It felt like the rest of the book was just a bunch of random run on sentences to fill the chapters. Definitely not worth the read.

112950

Husband Secrets. Sorry this was a mess. Nothing but jumping back and forth with dramatic messes. Didn’t get it. No real resolution really and I personally didn’t enjoy this style of writing.

SonnyBrandyZooey

The Husband's Secret. A very touching book. An unexpected ending. Worth the read. Movie worthy.

Pinky pinky!

Love it. Great read!!!!

H njb

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Nat Nigro

Boring. Very cheesy

Sydney_Lou

Makes you think. Really makes you think about what you would do in certain situations and wonder what you really know. Great read!

Krisb0411

A decent read. Although the book started off slow it managed to keep my attention throughout. The back and forth at times was a bit confusing but overall it was a decent read. I appreciated the ending, it gave me more to think about.

ManthaMom

Can't stop. I saw her books and wanted to read them, my sister watched the big little lies show and then I got addicted! It's so real and emotion from every angle.

Mollystr

Meh.. A friend recommended this book and I was disappointed. The characters felt underdeveloped and shallow and the story lines were predictable. The book really dragged on and I felt there was a lot of unnecessary fluff. I was not satisfied with the ending and I felt that the epilogue was pointless. I would not recommend this read.

B. CarlaV

Captivating. Keeps on your toes. Every chapter is exciting & a page turner . Well done!

Leenie girl

The Husbands secret. Loved The Husbands secret!

Hopeafin

Slow beginning. Slow beginning but I was hooked after chapter 7 or 8. Ending very emotional and really makes you think of the secrets we all keep or are kept from us!

Mzzbev

Great read. After I got pass chapter two I thoroughly enjoyed this book. So many surprising twists

Janep1

Husband’s Secret. Excellent read

Dnacole

Not My Cup of Tea. For me, this book jumped round way too much from one group of characters to another without anything tying together for a very long time and this happened each chapter, making it very hard to keep track of everyone and to follow the storyline. The sheer number of characters made it hard to keep track of who was who. I kept hoping it was going to start tying together and getting better so I stuck it out but I really wish I hadn’t. The ending was an odd wrap up as well.

Kandle

The Husbands Secret. I couldn’t stop reading this wonderful book. Absolutely a five star.

Britspradlin

Love. First book by her and it wasn’t my last. Loved this book

Nicovision

Skip the last two chapters. This was an excellent book until it randomly for some reason threw out all the fascinating, challenging, and beautiful realities of life to tie a grotesque everyone-must-be-an-undivorced-happily-married-mother bow on the end. I regret reading the whole book.

Jammer$$

Great read!. I couldn’t put this book down. The way the characters all came together in the end was spellbinding.

Stephanie pv

Highly recommend. Page turner, couldn’t put it down. The author does it again!

Frankieroger

So good!. I could not put this book down, grabs you in from the first page on!!

Rlmurra2

Disappointed. Each of the characters’ situations seemed to have that one shock moment then just drag on and on..while the author made a connection between the characters with each other, it seemed forced, not a fluid connection between them. I appreciate that the big “secret” came out mid-book and not at the end. This book just didn’t do it for me. This is the 2nd book I’ve read by this author, first was “The Last Anniversary” which I think was a free Prime reading book and I loved it, so I hope I enjoy her other books as well.

Pattydotcom

Wow didn’t see that coming.. Great read. Had to limit myself to 20 pages a day or I would not have been able to put it down

Mubtxwe

Lots of Twists. Very well written. Good storyline. Like the way it all comes together.

Kel7923

The Husband's Secret. Great read! Keeps you reading!

JJBLT

Great plot!. Loved this, couldn’t put it down

Lacey KH

Excellent!. Couldn’t put it down!

Dml266

Oh the secrets people keep. This was as good as “Big Little Lies

Mslit13

Not what I was expecting. This book took me by surprise. It had twists and turns, but was consistent in the storyline. Amazing book, highly recommend it!

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Viz Mom

Carolyn. Hard to put down . A very worthwhile read. Good book club choice.

Hailsp

Great!!. Couldn't put it down!

Squishy dolphin

Wtf is this. Poopy book

Funny Alberta Girl

Loved this book. I couldn't put this book down. Some wonderful characters whose lives intertwined.

Slkusz

It’s good!. Well written and interesting. Makes you think

39x

A Husbands secret. What a great story , it was so hard to put down ,I love how the characters all came together at different stages of the novel! So sad when I read the last page , it really made me question different things in my own life.

Ego see

The Husband's Secret. Novel is very easy to read and is hard to put down. I always believe that our choices in life influence our path along the way.

VWbabe8

Good read. I'm still not sure how Tess' life was really effected by the husband's secret, maybe I missed that part somehow or maybe that storyline was just meant as filler. Overall, good read, may just have to get the next one of her's.

Supastarr25

Ok read. It was overall a good read but I definitely knew the ending before it ended.

Blohndie77

Loved it!. This was the best book I read all summer. It was easy to follow even though there were several little stories and time periods intermingled. I liked that the characters were relatable. I've also never before read a book that was set in Australia, so that was interesting to me as well.

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Could be shorter

Overrated. I bought this book expecting a lot more. It's decent but I think it's highly overrated. I think the author was trying too hard to intertwine the storylines and make them all come together in a dramatic way and spent way too much time on boring details, then the last few chapters crams it all together. Disappointed in this purchase- Gillian Flynns books are a million times better.

M L Rodales-Ortega

Life. It makes you look at life the choices we make

TomTennille

Secrets. This book was Wunderful 👌 It lets everyone know that there is always something that you have no idea about, going on in someone's life & in their head. Also there's always that boxx that u might not want to open.

Krisadennis

I guessed it. The events were predictable. I actually lost interest and quit reading.

THEcdoublem

Loved it!. Great book with wonderful character development! Written with humor and depth...couldn't have asked for a better read!

Malise1983

Good story. Read it over a weekend and thought it was pretty good.

M McCarty

The Husband's Secret. Loved it! A compelling story! Intriguing characters! Lots of twists and turns ! Couldn't put it down.

Daleyne

The husbands secret. This was a great book to read...it's going to have you thinking what would I do? Very worth the read!

Jaclynfrances89

Very good read. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Can get a little confusing as all the characters tie in together but great story and amazing lesson learned at the end.

JenBoulder

Good read. This book is a good entertaining read. Although I did predict some pieces, Liane kept it interesting until the end. Things really tied together nicely. Well done!

Tkj4

Perpetuates damaging views of weight & appearance. An easy read with some suspense because, sure, we all want to know the husband's secret. Not a bad book if you have low expectations, can take things at face value, and just want to kill some time. The characters are simplistic and the plot is based upon ridiculous circumstances that bring these people repeatedly into each other's lives. The real harm, however, comes from the contempt the author displays for an overweight character. Felicity, 40kilos overweight, cannot have a life of her own until she thins down. As a fat person, she is merely a parasite, clinging to her cousin on the sidelines making bitter remarks about others. She must lose weight to become a real person and live her own life. I would hate to see any young woman read this book and absorb the damaging attitudes it conveys towards how a woman should look (not too skinny, not too fat) in order to live a decent life.

JulieBlue78

Great story!. Just read it. You'll be glad you did.

Llbill71

Amazing. Great book. Story is very addicting. Couldn't put down.

Hzikfidok

Husband's Secret. One of the best books I've ever read!

BonnieWK

Amazing Book!!. I was told this was a wonderful read and that this novel would be the monthly read for a book club. I finished the book in three evenings and even brought my iPad to work to read in my free time - it was THAT GOOD!! Perfect not only for light reading but for a book club as well!

Jmoc19

Couldn't put it down. I haven't gotten this wrapped up in characters in a long time. A page turner to say the least!

3317626

5 stars. Absolutely fantastic!

Pink Kris

Wow!. I'm breathless & speechless after just finishing this book a few seconds ago. I never review books & have pretty high standards when it comes to what I spend my limited down time reading. This one is definitely a MUST READ!!! Spellbinding, authentic and message that rings true to us all. If you're reading this, stop wasting your time & buy the book - you won't regret it!!!!

Ayyylien

Couldn't put down!. It's been a while since I finished a book within two days. The characters were so raw and human. You couldn't help but to relate with them. There were plot twists that I did not expect. Get this book!

Husbands secret

The Husbands Secret. Loved this story! It wove around the characters perfectly and stays with you after you're done ready it:). I wanted to know more!

CherHand

The Husband's Secret. Loved it - shocked when I learned the secret. Great writing - characters - thoroughly enjoyed reading this book - did not want it to end!

SonnyBrandyZooey

The Husband's Secret. A very touching book. An unexpected ending. Worth the read. Movie worthy.

Ivettec

Loved. I read Big Little Lies first and loved it, so I decided to work backwards through her other books. I really enjoyed this one, too. Highly recommend this author. She rocks! :)

Melis196

Good book but eh ending. This book was a page turner the whole way through which is why I was disappointed with how the ending came together. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't a bad ending necessarily... Just eh. Make sure you check out Moriarty's latest one, Big Little Lies. It's phenomenal!!

JMDE09

Great story. Great story. Surprise ending

Nancyfly

What a great read!. I loved this book! I could not put it down....it is remarkable how the author was able to weave the lives of three seemingly unrelated families into such a well connected story. If you start this book, be prepared to stay up late finishing it!

Miss Lover of Books

Made a Lasting Impression on Me. The book was sad but a great book to read....sad towards the end. The writing was great. I wished things had turned out differently for Connor and Tess (that's all I will say, I don't want to give a spoiler alert) She should have tried to make a life with him..okay I had to say that part. The book is deep. I haven't read anything like this book in a while..the way the characters are interwoven was exceptional and the writing was great. I felt like crying at the end. A book that will stay with me.

GingerDaniells

Wow. Loved it. Definitely deserves five stars!

Super Scaler

What Could of Been. She does a great job of intertwining the stories of the charters and I really enjoyed when they all came together. The ending was surprising.

SSiErRa85

Amazing!. Great book, loved it from page one and couldn't put it down. I like being enveloped from the beginning and not work my way into a book. This just did it for me. It was my First time reading her books and I must say she is a brilliant writer. Can't wait for another release. I'm now a fan!

Maverickio

Disappointing. From the reviews, it seemed like a given that this was going to be a fun read. I was wrong. Not only is it not well written, but it is extremely depressing and slow. On the bright side, it's a quick read.

Yasi K.

Brilliant. The characters were amazing and the writing fabulous. Couldn't put this down

Candice1209

Excellent. Wow, such an amazing book! I have a tendency of spoiling books so I won't say much other than, the tying of all the characters is exhilarating! Great story.

Kellypt

Well written. This book was so interesting. It was not formulaic and it went in places I didn't see coming. Haunting.

Philadelphia 1776

Great book. Was a little slow in the beginning for me but picked up shortly after first chapter..great read! Couldn't out it down.

UnderPG13

Great Book for city Mom gone Suburban!!!. The book was some what predictable. I literally had a thought 5 times, that the letter would be from the husband (and he did something terribly wrong) based on the intro to the book. And as chapter after chapter went by, I found reasons to support my claims. However, the appeal to this read is that the author paints a realistic picture of real life so captivating that I looked twice at the "rubbermaid" containers in my basement. Overall great read for the new soccer Mom!

AliHar

Wonderful and Surprising. A good read with intertwined stories. The last chapter was a little too neat a wrap up but all in all quite enjoyable.

Kaytlynne2

What a great book.. Extraordinary author. Am so glad I found her!

Efeen

Boring and predictable. I'm surprised this book is a best seller, it hardly kept my attention. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. I gave it two stars because I enjoyed the epilogue.

Meek rice 3

Great book. Perfect read

Scubajudy

The Husbands Secret. Loved this book! It was a great read, loved the story and the ending.

Jennsy017

End took a dive. I really enjoyed about 75% of this book and have enjoyed others of hers! but the ending just killed it for me. It felt like a complete cop out cleaning up all the story lines nice and neat rather than at least one of them ending realistically. Wasn't a complete loss to read it, but I was expecting more.

Jo0722

Great book. I cant believe that I couldn't put this book down. I read this book in four days and it's a great read.

Cxlnt55

The Husband's Secret. Great read. Fascinating story of how our lives entwine & effect one another. Couldn't put this book down.

Marebear79

Couldn't put this down!. This book is haunting. It tells the story of the lives of 3 women and how their lives intersect. Intriguing.

Alycat 89

Melodramatic start, but..... Almost put this book down without finishing, as the beginning was a bit like a soap opera - definitely not my style. Persevered because I was reading it for book club and another member told me she nearly gave up, but ended up liking the book. Glad I stuck with it. Everything changes with the letter, and the story is then well worth finishing.

EnvyKisses

It was just okay. This was a quick read and just okay. Sometimes it was entertaining and other times I found it boring. I jumped on the band wagon and read it but honestly, there are much better novels out there.

Jammajune

Loved it. Awesome! Could not put it down and the ending was not frustrating or a bummer. Easy read.

Emilyrhia

Couldn't put it down!. Guessed the secret pretty early on... But this is still a GREAT book. Make sure you read the epilogue at the end!!

Demkit

Outstanding. I can't even find the words to describe how phenomenal this book is. I could not put it down. Every page made me hunger for more. When I wasn't reading it, I was thinking about it or talking about it. There was not one disappointing moment.. I loved it!

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About Author "Liane Moriarty"

Liane Moriarty (born 15 November 1966) is an Australian author. She has written nine novels, including the New York Times best sellers Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers, which were adapted into television series for HBO and Hulu, respectively. Early life and education After leaving school, Moriarty worked in advertising and marketing at a legal publishing company. She then ran her own company for a while before taking work as a freelance advertising copywriter. In 2004, after obtaining a master's degree at Macquarie University in Sydney, her first novel Three Wishes, written as part of the degree, was published. She has since published eight further novels. Adaptations Her novel Big Little Lies was adapted into a television series by HBO, and stars Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, Zoë Kravitz, and Alexander Skarsgård. The series premiered on 19 February 2017, with the first season concluding on 2 April 2017. A second season was announced in....

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