The Language of Secrets

Zusatztext “Lovely! compelling. . . . The Language of Secrets explores the ramifications of loss! the aftermath of tragedy! and the sometimes terrible cost a child can pay for a parent’s guilt.” —Kristin Hannah    “ The Language of Secrets is a psychological mystery with emotional underpinnings that will have you puzzled and intrigued right up to the moment Dixon’s sleight of hand is revealed.” —Sue Grafton    “Captivating. . . . Fascinating! relaxing! and fun to read.” — Seattle Post-Intelligencer   “This year’s The Memory Keeper’s Daughter and a perennial book club favorite. . . . An absorbing! provocative and satisfying read from the first page.” — The Huffington Post   “Suspenseful. . . . Dixon is an experienced screenwriter who knows how to . . . move the story along.” — The Boston Globe “An intriguing mystery that strings the reader along to the very end. . . . Fascinating. . . . Dixon has a wonderful way with words that will inspire readers to stay up long past their bedtimes.  This one is sure to be a hit with anyone who picks it up.” — Sacramento Book Review “A mystery wrapped in a family saga with a dark psychological undertow. . . . The Language of Secrets is a taut and well-told tale of distorted love and a lack of candor! which offers searing insight into the emotions of a child who was abandoned and abused.” — Pasadena Weekly “Dixon writes convincing prose! particularly dialogue.” — Kirkus Reviews “ The Language of Secrets is a tightly wound mystery. . . . Grabs you immediately. . . . A twisted and complex tale.” — Midwest Book Review Informationen zum Autor Dianne Dixon Klappentext Justin Fisher has a lovely wife, a young son, and a successful career as a manager of a luxury hotel, but he's troubled by the hole in his life left by his absent family. Hardly sure anymore why they became estranged in the first place, Justin gathers the courage to reconnect, only to find 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 Justin Fisher. A story of betrayal and forgiveness, as well as one man's search into a forgotten past, The Language of Secrets is a deeply emotional novel from a fresh and exciting new voice. Leseprobe Justin 822 Lima Street, Summer 2005 * As Justin was bringing the car to a stop in front of the house on Lima Street, Amy reached for his hand. He pulled away--making a quick, unnecessary adjustment to his shirt colloar. He didn't want her to know he was trembing. This complicated place in which he'd spent his childhood looked deceptively serene. Like an old-fashioned summer house where wood floors are polished to a warm glow by small bare feet, rooms are filled with cool breezes, and the jigsaw puzzles inevitably have missing pieces. Justin's memory was a lot like one of those puzzles. It, too, had missing pieces--blank spaces where important parts of his past should have been. It was bizarre. It was the truth. And he could no longer ignore it. "Do you want me to come?" Amy asked. "Or to wait?" He wanted both. He wanted neither. What he said was, "I want it to be tomorrow. Or an hour from now. I just want for this to be over." Justin had ceased dealing with this house more than a decade ago, but in all the discarded years, he'd never forgotten its details: the perfumed sugar smell of his mother's closet, the indentation on the wood frame of his bedroom window that resembled the smiling face of a clown, the fish shapes in the sea green tiles on the bathroom wall. And he remembered his family: his mother, Caroline--her low, clear voice, and the songs she'd taught him to sing; his sisters, Liss...

Product details

• Authors: Dianne Dixon
• Publisher: Anchor Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.05.2011
• EAN: 9780767932233
• ISBN: 978-0-7679-3223-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 203 mm x 18 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature