Every Secret Thing - Softcover

Tatlock, Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1938499794 ISBN 13: 9781938499791

Publisher: Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas, 2013

Synopsis

“Tatlock’s produced a winner.” – Publishers Weekly

When Elizabeth Gunnar accepts a teaching position at the preparatory school she attended as a girl, she revisits ghosts of the past and old self-doubts. But she is returning to more than a place–to memories, mysteries, and an old love. Once there, she meets unexpected challenges—and challenging new people—and she is reminded of the faith that first captured her heart in what she called her “moments of being.” A rich, complex weave of character, mystery and divine epiphanies, “Every Secret Thing” will have you turning the pages late into the night.

General Content (G) (I): Contains little or no; sexual dialogue or situations, violence, or strong language. May also contain some content of an inspirational/religious nature.

About this title

About the Author:

ANN TATLOCK is the author of the Christy Award-winning novel All the Way Home and the acclaimed Things We Once Held Dear. Ann lives with her husband and daughter in Asheville, North Carolina.

From Publishers Weekly:

Donna Tartt meets Jamie Langston Turner in this engrossing novel from Christy Award–winner Tatlock (All the Way Home). Beth Gunnar has returned to her alma mater, Seaton Prep, to teach English. She is haunted by an unresolved mystery from her student days—the unexplained disappearance of a favorite teacher—but discovering what happened to Mr. Dutton is not all that absorbs Beth's attention. She reconnects with a high school flame and becomes something of a surrogate mother to a precocious, charming student named Satchel Queen. Beth's Christian faith also deepens, though Tatlock handles that theme with a refreshingly light touch. The dialogue is snappy, and Tatlock's prose is charming (There seemed to be no clear answer to the mystery that was Theodore Dutton, with all the whys left dangling before me like fruit gone bad on the vine). Overall, Tatlock's produced a winner and the ending offers a good setup for a sequel, although the twists and turns in the romantic subplot are predictable, the character of Beth's best friend, Natalie, is underdeveloped, and it's hard to believe that bookish and literarily sophisticated Beth doesn't cotton to the symbolism in the book of Hosea, which her father patiently explains. (Oct.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1938499794
• ISBN 13: 9781938499791
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 368