Mother of All Secrets
A Novel
Published on 1. August 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-1-5420-3895-9 (ISBN)
Description
Her freedom, her sanity, her life. How much will a young mother sacrifice to protect her secrets?
Sleep deprived and overwhelmed, first-time mom Jenn is struggling to adapt to her new role. Frustrated with her loving but preoccupied husband and still grieving the death of her own mother, she feels isolated and depressed. It's only when she joins a new-moms' group that she starts to think she's finally getting back on track.
Until Isabel, the group's leader, suddenly disappears.
Now Jenn's baby isn't the only reason she can't sleep. Consumed with worry over Isabel, Jenn is teetering on the edge of obsession. Concern turns to paranoia when Jenn finds clues that force her to look at herself, her marriage, and the women in her support group, who have more in common than Jenn realized. Much more.
Saving Isabel means unearthing secrets that were supposed to stay buried forever, and Jenn has to decide what she's willing to risk to help a woman she barely knows. With each revelation, she gets closer to a slow-burning act of retribution that could easily and irrevocably draw her into the flames.
Sleep deprived and overwhelmed, first-time mom Jenn is struggling to adapt to her new role. Frustrated with her loving but preoccupied husband and still grieving the death of her own mother, she feels isolated and depressed. It's only when she joins a new-moms' group that she starts to think she's finally getting back on track.
Until Isabel, the group's leader, suddenly disappears.
Now Jenn's baby isn't the only reason she can't sleep. Consumed with worry over Isabel, Jenn is teetering on the edge of obsession. Concern turns to paranoia when Jenn finds clues that force her to look at herself, her marriage, and the women in her support group, who have more in common than Jenn realized. Much more.
Saving Isabel means unearthing secrets that were supposed to stay buried forever, and Jenn has to decide what she's willing to risk to help a woman she barely knows. With each revelation, she gets closer to a slow-burning act of retribution that could easily and irrevocably draw her into the flames.
Reviews / Votes
"Provocative and engrossing" -In Touch Weekly"A riveting page-turner." -Hoda Kotb, The Today Show
"Mother of All Secrets is a thrilling page-turner and a fierce manifesto about motherhood, powerful women, and what we must be willing to do to protect our children. The plot twists are breathtaking and I loved staying up late reading this fabulous novel." -Amanda Eyre Ward, New York Times bestselling author of RBC Book Club pick The Jetsetters and The Lifeguards
"In Mother of All Secrets, Kathleen Willett has crafted an engrossing thriller with both heart and bite. Willett tenderly confronts the realities of postpartum life and the complexities of 'mom friends' while still delivering plenty of dynamic twists." -Alison Wisdom, author of We Can Only Save Ourselves and The Burning Season
"This book is my new obsession. I completely devoured Kathleen Willett's addictive thriller Mother of All Secrets, which takes the life-upturning experience of new motherhood and brilliantly twists it into a riveting missing person story. Every time you think you know what happened, the book transforms, leaving you chasing the truth as breathlessly as the protagonist. Simmering with righteous anger and revenge under its polished surface, Mother of All Secrets deserves to be at the top of every thriller lover's TBR." -Ashley Winstead, author of In My Dreams I Hold a Knife and The Last Housewife
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Seattle
United States
Publishing group
Amazon Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 208 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
281 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5420-3895-9 (9781542038959)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Kathleen M. Willett taught English at Beacon High School for ten years. She lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with her husband and two young daughters. This is her first novel.