Secrets of Our House: A Novel

This book was so sad in so many ways. A dysfunctional family in every way. A domineering mother, a distant father, a daughter giving up her dreams for those of her mother. Desi and Peter's marriage is in trouble and they both know it. Desi has a successful career in Chicago. She designs a dream house in the mountains of North Carolina. Along with their daughter Jules go on vacation in North Carolina. This is a new start for Desi and Peter in hopes that it will restart their marriage and somehow save it. Desi, however, is still in love with someone else. Someone she knew when Peter was in the Service. When he came home, she chose to stay with Peter but she is not in love with him. Jules falls in love with a local boy and does not want to go to college as she had planned to do. She goes because her mother intervenes and speaks to her boyfriend and he talks Jules into going. When Christmas vacation comes they go to the house in the mountains of North Carolina. A huge snowstorm and an event which causes them all to re-evaluate their lives and find out what they really want in life. What they have been and the mistakes they have made. The narrator did a wonderful job on the narration of the audio book. I really enjoyed the book and I loved the sad ending which had me holding my breath. I would definitely recommend this book. It will make you think re-evaluate your life and your interactions with your family. Thanks to Rea Frey for writing a great story, to Samantha Desz for the great narration, to MacMillan Audio for publishing it and to NetGalley for making it available to me.