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From a fresh and exciting new voice in women's fiction, The Language of Secrets unflinchingly examines the lifelong repercussions of a father's betrayal. Justin Fisher has a successful career as the manager of a luxury hotel, a lovely wife, and a charming young son. While all signs point to a bright future, Justin can no longer ignore the hole in his life left by his estranged family. When he finally gathers the courage to reconnect with his troubled past, Justin is devastated to learn that his parents have passed away. And a visit to the cemetery brings the greatest shock of all - next to the graves of his father and mother sits a smaller tombstone for a three-year-old boy: a boy named Thomas Justin Fisher.What follows is an extraordinary journey as Justin struggles with issues of his own identity and pieces together the complex and heartbreaking truth about his family. With great skill and care, Dianne Dixon explores the toll that misunderstandings, blame, and resentment can take on a family. But it is the intimate details of family life - a mother's lullaby for her son, a father's tragic error in judgment - that make this novel so exceptional and an absolute must for reading groups everywhere.The Language of Secrets is the story of an unspeakable loss born of human frailty and an ultimate redemption born of human courage.From the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
"Her characters dance off the page." "An enormously gifted writer." "Her knowledge of storytelling is both clear and articulate." These are reviews Dianne Dixon (winner of the Humanitas Prize for Excellence in Screenwriting and double Emmy nominee) received for her television writing.
Now Dianne is receiving equally enthusiastic response to her work as a novelist: "Captivating, fascinating." (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) "Absorbing and provocative." (Huffington Post) "Convincing prose, particularly the dialogue." (Kirkus) "An exciting new writer, capable of creating a well-paced, emotional page-turner of the best kind." (Katie Crouch, New York Times bestselling author of Girls in Trucks and The Magnolia League) .
Dianne's novels The Other Sister, The Book of Someday and The Language of Secrets have captured readers nationwide and have become book club favorites!
The Other Sister is a Mystery Writers of America nominee for the 2017 Simon & Schuster - Mary Higgins Clark Award.
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