Whisper Me This: A Novel Kindle Edition
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In this Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller, a devastating secret is revealed, and a family must finally come to terms with the past.
Single mother Maisey Addington has always fallen short of her own mother’s expectations—never married, a bit adrift, wasting her high IQ on dead-end jobs. The only thing Maisey’s sure she’s gotten right is her relationship with her twelve-year-old daughter, Elle…until a phone call blows apart the precarious balance of their lives. Maisey’s mother is in a coma, and her aging father faces charges of abuse and neglect.
Back at her childhood home, Maisey must make a heartrending life-or-death decision. Her confused father has destroyed family records, including her mother’s final wishes. Searching for answers, Maisey uncovers one unspeakable secret after another when she stumbles upon a shattering truth: a twin sister named Marley. Maisey’s obsession with solving the mystery of her sister forces her to examine her darkest memories and triggers a custody battle with Elle’s father. Will Maisey’s love for her daughter be strong enough to break a cycle of abuse and create a new beginning for them all?
From the Editor
I’ve always prided myself on my agreeability. Who needs drama? Better to just let things roll off my back and go with the flow. Like me, our heroine in Whisper Me This, Maisey, is easygoing. She’s been sort of floating through life for years. But everything changes when she has to return to her dying mother at her childhood home. Hidden in her mother’s belongings she finds two birth certificates with two sets of baby booties and two tiny sweaters. One of the birth certificates is hers. One is not. Shocked, Maisey tries to unravel the secret, and as she does, more and more threads come loose, revealing a legacy of abuse passed from generation to generation. Maisey is forced to take a close look at her own history and its impact on her daughter. It’s frightening and painful, but she realizes that only by speaking the truth can she put a stop to the cycle.
Maisey’s awakening made me question my own tendency to avoid conflict—whether it’s skirting a tough conversation or standing up for my rights. Has it really served me well? In the short term, sure, I’ve avoided a lot of uncomfortable moments. But at what cost? Going along to get along doesn’t guarantee that I’ll be forever spared dealing with tough stuff. As author Kerry Anne King shows us in Whisper Me This, there is a certain beauty, albeit a scary one, in speaking the truth.
Editorial Reviews
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“Rich in emotions and characters, Whisper Me This is a stunning tale of dark secrets, broken memories, and the resilience of the human spirit. The novel quickly pulls the reader onto a roller-coaster ride through grief, mystery, and cryptic journal entries. At the heart of the story is an unforgettable twelve-year-old, who has more sense than most adults, and her mother, Maisey, who is about to discover not only her courage, but the power of her voice. A book club must-read!” —Barbara Claypole White, bestselling author of The Perfect Son
“Moving and emotionally taut, Whisper Me This is a gut-wrenching story of a family fractured by abuse and lies…and the ultimate sacrifice of a mother’s love. King once again proves herself an expert with family drama. A triumph of a book.” —Emily Carpenter, author of The Weight of Lies and Burying the Honeysuckle Girls
“Kerry Anne King writes with such insight and compassion for human nature, and her latest novel, Whisper Me This, is no exception. The families on which the story centers have secrets they’ve kept through the years out of concern for the damage that might be done if they were exposed. But in the end as the families’ lives become intertwined and their secrets come inevitably to light, what is revealed to be the most riveting heart of this book are the gut-wrenching choices that were made in terrifying circumstances. One such choice haunted a mother throughout her lifetime and left behind a legacy of mistrust and confusion and a near unsolvable mystery. Following the clues is an act of faith that sometimes wavers. There’s no guarantee the end will tie up in a neat bow, but the courage of the human spirit, its ability to heal, is persistent and luminous throughout the pages of this very real and emotive story. I loved it.” —Barbara Taylor Sissel, bestselling author of Crooked Little Lies
About the Author
Kerry Anne King is the author of the international bestselling novel Closer Home and I Wish You Happy. Licensed both as an RN and a mental-health counselor, she draws on her experience working in the medical and mental-health fields to explore themes of loss, grief, and transformation—but always with a dose of hope and humor. Kerry lives in a little house in the big woods of the Inland Northwest with her Viking, three cats, a dog, and a yard full of wild turkeys and deer. She also writes fantasy and mystery novels as Kerry Schafer. Visit Kerry at her website, www.kerryanneking.com, or follow her on Twitter (@Kerry_Anne_King).