The Heart Beats in Secret is a powerful story of three women and the secrets and bonds that have defined them.
Scotland, 1940: In a house on the east coast, Jane faces motherhood alone. With her husband away at war, there is no one to protect her from small town suspicions and she must learn to keep her secrets to herself. Three decades later her daughter Felicity leaves their life behind for Montreal, glad to flee the unknowns that have plagued her so far. But her personal battles are nothing compared to the unrest here, where a commune in rural Quebec and a child of her own might be her saviours. The child grows up to be Pidge, a woman surprised to find that she will inherit her grandmother's Scottish house, who will find unexpected answers to the questions that have beset these women through the years.
Textured and beautiful. Katie Munnik has a voice full of quiet passion and poetry. KATE HAMER
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780008349424
Dimensions: 190 x 185 mm
The story spans three generations of women in same family from small village in Scotland to Canada. It explores the power of keeping secrets, being a mother and having no control over how your heart acts when it comes... More
The Heart Beats in Secret is a beautifully crafted tale of 3 generations of women played out between Scotland and Canada. The characters are genuinely human, flawed, strong, emotional, hiding secrets and as such that... More
I loved this book! Katie Munnik demonstrates her great talent for storytelling with this page-turner of a novel. Set across generations and continents, she skilfully leads the reader through the many ways of being a... More
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