The Art Of Keeping Secrets

 Rachel Johns wrote The Art Of Keeping Secrets, a novel set mostly in Perth, Australia. Three women become friends because their boys go to the same school. Each chapter is from the point of view of one of the three friends. There is Emma who is a divorced mother of three teenagers. Emma is a travel agent. There is Genevieve (Neve) who is a single parent of her son. She is a make-up artist. And there is Felicity (Flick) who is married and has two children. Flick is a taxidermist. Each one of the women are keeping major secrets. When Flick decides to go to New York City for a week to come to terms with her secret and try to make things right, Emma and Neve come along too. In New York City, all the secrets are revealed. The friendship of these three women is incredibly strong and healing. At one emotional point in the story I was actually crying crocodile tears and I usually don't cry when reading books. I enjoyed the story and it confirms my position against keeping secrets because secrets can make you sick.