A Secret Kept

I read A Secret Kept which was written by Tatiana de Rosnay.  This author also wrote Sarah's Key, another good book.  In this story a road is featured.  As a child, Antoine and his sister, Melanie, cross this road every summer while on vacation with their mother, father, grandparents and aunt.  The book is set in France.  For his sister's 40th birthday, he takes her on the same road to the same resort for old time's sake.  And at the end of the story, he rides the road again but this time on the back of his girlfriend's Harley as the tide is coming in.  (It's not often you see or read about a guy on the back of a motorcycle driven by a woman). The road is called "passage du gois."  The road is 4 kilometers long and connects an island on the north of France to the continent, but only when the tide is low.  When the tide is high, the road disappears into the sea.  Along the road are high posts that travelers can climb for safety if they happen to be caught on the road when the tide pulls in.  It's dangerous to be on the road when the tide comes in because the water will sweep you away.  People have lost their lives on this road.  Now I really want to see this road.  Traveling on the "passage du gois"  on a motorcycle would be ideal but I will settle for a car, bus, van or even a bicycle.  Antoine and his sister, Melanie, grow up in a family that doesn't talk very much.  Many things are left unsaid and unexplained.  As Antoine comes to understand his past, his present day relationships with his children and friends improves.  I liked this book a lot.  I could imagine what it is like to be a divorced father of three children working in Paris and trying to make a living.  A good book takes me away (from the frozen tundra) and brings me to a better place.  This was a good book.