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In an idyllic small-town neighborhood, a near tragedy triggers a series of dark revelations.From the outside, Sycamore Glen, North Carolina, might look like the perfect all-American neighborhood. But behind the white picket fences lies a web of secrets that reach from house to house.Up and down the streets, neighbors quietly bear the weight of their own pasts - until an accident at the community pool upsets the delicate equilibrium. And when tragic circumstances compel a woman to return to Sycamore Glen after years of self-imposed banishment, the tangle of the neighbors' intertwined lives begins to unravel.During the course of a sweltering summer, long-buried secrets are revealed, and the neighbors learn that it's impossible to really know those closest to us. But is it impossible to love and forgive them?
About the Author
Marybeth Mayhew Whalen is the author of This Secret Thing as well as Only Ever Her, When We Were Worthy, The Things We Wish Were True and five previous novels. She speaks to women's groups around the US and is the co-founder of the popular women's fiction site, She Reads www.shereads.org. Marybeth and her husband Curt have been married for 28 years and are the parents of six children. Marybeth divides her time between the suburbs of Charlotte NC and the shore of Sunset Beach NC. You can find her at www.marybethwhalen.com.
