Secrets Change Everything

by Maggie Branath, Noel F. Caraccio (With)

Fannie honestly believed she was doing the right thing by keeping a secret from her teenage daughter, Abby. However, many years later after Fannie's death, circumstances bring Fannie back from the dead to disclose the long buried secret and to settle unresolved issues with her daughter. When Fannie returns from the afterlife, she helps Abby save a young man, Rick, who is determined to commit suicide by plunging to his death from a bridge. Rick's fateful encounter with Abby turns out not to be a coincidence at all. Fannie helps Abby save him from an untimely death, since Fannie knows he will be the key to unlocking the secret. Rick and Abby's friendship leads Abby ever closer to the events from the past that created the secret in the first place, and leads Rick on his own journey to rebuild his life. As events unfold Abby anguishes that like her mother, she has kept a secret from her own children. Ultimately, Abby learns that family secrets have a way of revealing themselves and changing the lives of everyone involved.

322 pages, Paperback

First published October 11, 2013

Reviews

[Annalinda Ragazzo]

A most enjoyable read. I am always impressed with authors' abilities to create engaging stories and characters. Knowing one of the authors made this one even more enjoyable! I kept thinking I knew/know some of the characters ( not the case). While I initially struggled with the concept of Fannie talking to her daughter from the beyond, I soon forgot about that as I became involved in the web of secrets and suspense. Plus having lived and worked as an attorney in Westchester County, N.Y., I loved the local and professional references. Well done, Noel and Maggie.

[Kay Green]

Story is a little far fetched, but it did hold my interest until the end.