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SECRET LANGUAGE by Monica Wood is a moving and compelling tale of two sisters as they reconnect, not to be missed by readers of Anne Tyler, Joanna Cannon and Sue Monk Kidd.
'Fiercely lyrical... [Wood] writes with sensitivity and intuitive insight about relationships coming apart and the walls people erect to keep others out' Publishers Weekly
As children, dragged around the country by semi-famous actor parents who could barely take care of themselves, sisters Faith and Constance had to rely on one another.
As adults, though, they have drifted apart Faith has children and a grounded domestic life - but hasn't necessarily found unconditional love; whereas Constance, a flight attendant, is always searching for her true place in life.
Then Isadora, the half-sister they never knew existed, makes her dramatic entrance into their lives. This crisis forces Faith and Constance into their long-forgotten childhood habits, and they begin to make their way back to one another and find a new way to be a family.
What readers are saying about SECRET LANGUAGE
'So glad I discovered Monica Wood. Her language is gorgeous, her characters compelling, and she delicately describes the pain and joy of human relationships in a way we can all identify with'
'Extremely well written and thought-provoking with outstanding character development'
'A rare and affecting book that can create such heartfelt turmoil. Highly recommend for readers who love realistic stories about family life'
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I have read every book Monica Wood has written, and each is fabulous. My favorites are The One-in-a-Million Boy and Any Bitter Thing. This book is one of her earliest, and it took me 3 tries to actually get into it and finish it, but I am so glad I did. It is a very touching, but sad story of two neglected sisters and how this neglect affects their entire lives. Not a cheery, fun read, but extremely well written with outstanding character development. Well done and thought provoking!
Monica Wood is a great story teller, and she creates such great characters - I didn't want this story to end.
Became tedious before all was said.
I'm so glad I discovered Monica Wood. Her language is gorgeous, her characters compelling, and she oh so delicately describes the pain and joy of human relationships, in a way we can all identify with. I highly recommend Secret Language, and can't wait to read more by this talented author.
First work that I've read by this author and will definitely be looking for more of her books. Held my interest from the beginning and I particularly enjoyed the following the history of this wonderful quilt. I'm not a quilter but could become one after reading this book. Just an overall great read!
I had read Monica Wood's "My Only Story" years ago, and stumbled onto "Secret Language" only after also finding Ms. Wood's two Pocket Muse books (both are great!).
It's a sad story, of two sisters who come from a sad family, who grow up unable to really get past the barriers of communication, and yet come to realize they have their own form of communication. About halfway through, I wasn't sure I liked the story, it was so sad, and yet I felt compelled to keep reading - and I think the reason is this I grew up in a family more like Faith's husband - loud, noisy, giving (although we have our snappish moments too!) - and I felt frustrated for Connie and Faith, that they couldn't become more like the Spauldings. But that was never the plan. What the book did, instead, was give me insight to a different kind of family, one for whom intimate moments were rare, but all the more meaningful for that. This is one of the things I love about reading - it can make me understand someone who I'd probably never understand otherwise, for the simple fact that this kind of person would never be able to open up to me.
One scene in particular really got to me. Faith has to assist her sister Connie, in intimate physical ways, after Connie is injured in an accident. My mother-in-law, age 100, does not speak English, and I've always been stymied in trying to communicate with her (her sons are not very helpful, they don't like to translate when the conversation gets personal or emotional). I had to bathe her once after after she had an 'accident'. I'm sure she was humiliated, but I had had to do things like this for MY mother, and we got through it - and strangely enough, that act actually, finally, after I'd been married to her son for 37 years, brought the two of us an emotional closeness we had never achieved before, without a single word of common language. Monica Wood put something like that into a story, so readers could comprehend even if they had never experienced anything like it in their own lives. And that's the kind of thing that makes this novel rich and makes it worth the read. You come to ache for these characters, but you can also get a new understanding of people in your own life.
Well done.
What a miserable book. I read Ms. Wood's books "The One-in-a Million Boy" and When we were the Kennedys" and loved them. Her writing style in those two books was musical and carried you along in the wake of the story. With great hopes of another wonderful read, I immediately purchased "Secret Language." It is about two dysfunctional sisters and their story has no redeeming value. Pointless wallowing in self-pity, inane twists that lead nowhere, and a big freaking waste of time. Downright depressing. The characters in other books I read by Monica Woods came to life and while there was tragedy and sorrow in the story, the characters found hope and joy among the ruins. I'm okay with a sad story, but two main characters rehash and rehash and rehash and rehash how life had "done them wrong." They therefore miss out on making their lives rich and beautiful and don't embrace the good round them. So many opportunities lost. And the loss just made me mad as a reader who wanted to shake them!
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