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Two sisters find an old journal and discover the startling romantic secrets of their mother’s past in this unforgettable love story by�New York Times–bestselling author Eileen Goudge
Emily and Sarah Marshall are cleaning out their dying mother’s attic when Emily finds an old leather diary. Their mother’s handwriting on the yellowed pages takes them back to a small Nebraska town in the summer of 1951, where sheltered, almost-engaged Elizabeth Harvey is swept into a clandestine romance with AJ, her rebellious childhood friend. When AJ becomes the prime suspect in a neighborhood fire, Elizabeth has to make the most difficult decision of her young life and choose between passionate but unpredictable AJ and her stable, longtime beau, Bob.
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Shocked to learn that their mother was in love with a man other than their father, Emily and Sarah must confront painful truths about their mother, their father, and ultimately, themselves. Moving and uplifting, with a surprise ending readers won’t see coming,�The Diary�is a novel about the mysteries of romantic love and the unassailable bond between parents and children.
- Sales Rank: #104748 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-07-14
- Released on: 2015-07-14
- Format: Kindle eBook
From Publishers Weekly
As their mother lies dying in a nursing home, two sisters find her diary—and a mother they never knew. Written shortly before their parents' marriage, the diary details their mother's romance with another man, and the sisters are moved to discover the depth of their mother's heartache. Slipping between a nostalgic past and the present, the story is suspenseful and surprising, and the versatile Susan Ericksen gives the characters the life, color and personality they deserve, effortlessly and faithfully conveying the middle-class, Midwestern setting. A Vanguard hardcover. (Apr.)
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About the Author
Eileen Goudge is the New York Times bestselling author whose novels include Domestic Affairs, Woman in Red, One Last Dance, Garden of Lies, and Thorns of Truth. There are more than three million copies of her books in print worldwide. She lives with her husband, entertainment reporter Sandy Kenyon, in New York City.
www.eileengoudge.com
From AudioFile
In this charming novel, a pair of sisters must confront a reality that all offspring find distasteful: Their parents had interesting, if hidden, lives before their children were born. Discovering their mother, Elizabeth's, diary shortly before her death, Sarah and Emily find that her life wasn't what they'd believed; perhaps even their late father wasn't who they think he was. Susan Ericksen's narration deepens the listeners' bonds to the characters and captures the rainbow of emotions unfurled as the sisters decipher the mystery of their parents' romance. Along the way, they discover truths about themselves as well, through dialogue warmly depicted by Ericksen. Her strong reading makes this novel one listeners will want to speed through, while hoping it never ends. J.J.B. � AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful.
A Diary You Will Want to Keep! THE DIARY by Eileen Goudge
By Bingo-Karen Haney
THE DIARY by Eileen Goudge was sent to with a personal inscription that made me aware that this was a very special story for Eileen to write. Then I focused on the "Author's Note" which immediately touched my heart as I saw it was dedicated to Eileen's parents and I knew I was in for something very special. Reading Eileen Goudge's books are always a pleasure but I was not prepared for just how extraordinary THE DIARY is. I read it in one sitting which is unusual for me with my busy schedule but there was no way I was putting it down.
I was caught up immediately with Emily and Sarah's discovery of their mother's diary which tells the story of A. J. and Elizabeth. The two adult sisters are clearing out their mother's attic following her declining health as a result of a debilitating stroke that has left her mute and close to death. The diary is delicately described as "bound in maroon leather dulled with age, its gilt tooling worn away in spots" with a "satin bookmarker, once red, now faded to the ashy-pink of dried, pressed rose." It also said the diary "seemed to carry the scent of dried roses" and with that description I was transported with all my senses to the setting of the story within that diary!
The diary reveals a completely different mother than the one the daughters thought they knew. With their father having predeceased their mother, and her unable to speak, they have nobody to turn to with their questions concerning the information that is divulged in the writing in this journal. Diary entries are written verbatim and the story simultaneously presents the narrative to accompany each entry.
Sarah and Emily are as entranced as they are shocked to discover that according to the diary their mother's true love was not their father--the father they adored, the couple they thought they knew so well all their lives. The more the girls read, the more they realize they had a mystery they must solve.
Was there really another man, this "A. J." in their mother's life before their father who was the one they were always led to believe was her one and only true love? Who was the mysterious A. J. who the diary describes as someone who made their mother a young woman of passions unknown to her daughters? If this A. J. was Elizabeth's first true love, what made her leave him for their father?
This is a story that will make you ask yourself how well you know your own parents. Think of yourself now as an adult, and how well do you think your own children know about your romantic past with the man in your life, your spouse? That was a question that really made me think about my own son and what does he really know about his parents and the love they have shared for 36 years?
This is a gem of a book. One to share with everyone you care about. It would make a wonderful Mother's Day gift or Easter present for that special parent or person in your life. I know it is a book that I will long cherish and reread as it is written to enjoy over and over again. Eileen Goudge has shared some very personal background with her readers and by opening her heart has created a book to cherish now and for generations to come.
Submitted Originally to BOOKIN' WITH BINGO by Karen Haney, April, 2009
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
2 X 5 STARS. 5 FROM A MAN & 5 FROM MY WIFE. READ ON FOR THE WHY...
By Harold Wolf
Eileen Goudge was inspired by her own parent's true story for "The Diary" according to her own Author's Notes inserted prior to chapter one. When an author digs directly into their close family life, the good/bad, rich/poor, sickness/health, nitty gritty of immediate family relationship, it becomes a work of love--as shows in "The Diary."
My wife enjoyed it tremendously and suggested I would also. She was quite right. This is no romance novel, although about love. It deals with finding the strength to choose true love over safer, more secure options. A LOVE theme, but in a realistic, human context, not from a steamy room in a motel, like those cheap imitations of human intimacy.
This book holds as much mystery and suspense in the pages as any murder mystery or detective story. The clues to the mystery are provided but it takes the author, in her own time (of course at the end of the story) to fill in the final picture. And much to a reader's delight.
Sisters, Emily and Sarah, box up Mother's belongings (dad/husband is already deceased) due to the home place being sold. They come across Mom's diary--The Diary. Who wouldn't look. Mom lays motionless, unresponsive, & failing in a nursing home after a stroke. She's likely soon to die. Diary entries begin to uncover a romantic triangle, their mother's young adult dilemma of loving and being loved by two different men, both unique in their own ways, but opposites as far as the choice to be made.
It's called "Domestic fiction" rather than mystery or romance and it lives up to those words. It is the writing of the emotional intercourse among family that brings the pages alive. Everyone wishes they had "The Diary" written by their parents. That would enlighten us to the internal affectionate history of those who we can not longer talk with--no more ask the questions. Lucky, lucky, Emily and Sarah received those answers to questions.
This is destined as the #1 feel-good-in-the-end book-of-the-year.
We both read this book in a day, because we have the time, but more because neither of us could not put it down until we knew the secrets hidden away in "The Diary."
2 bottom lines:
Buy "The Diary" by Eileen Goudge
Write your own diary to leave for those following your life.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
Wonderful story, quick read
By Liz
I really enjoyed this book. I read three chapters the first night and finished it the second night. I couldn't put it down, I was swept away wondering what was going to happen next and trying to put the pieces together of who their mother had chosen. It really makes you wonder just what you may not know about the people closest to you. It is a wonderful story of love and what a woman had to go through in the past when chosing a husband based on love or based on status. I highly recommend this story to anyone who wants to be swept away in an easy read.
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