Reviews for The Secret of Us

The average rating for The Secret of Us based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-04-21 00:00:00 James Hoy I checked this one out from the library and I'm glad I didn't buy it! Typical story of a marriage falling apart due to the husband spending too much time at work to maintain a certain lifestyle and the wife becoming bitter because she gave up her life for him/the marriage. I was actually surprised that they ended up back together especially after he wasn't there for his mother when she died. I didn't feel there was any real love between the- they had been married for 23 years and I got the feeling they just didn't want to start over with anyone new. The best part of the book was when Laura left Donnie (albeit briefly) and their daughter, Stasha showed up distraught and contemplating leaving her new husband and her mother wouldn't let her in, she told her to "go home". Stasha ended up going home to her husband and they started seeing a therapist to help them work on their issues right away so that they wouldn't have issues festering in their marriage like her parents.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-10-25 00:00:00 Linda Clark I liked that this book had each chapter from a different character's viewpoint. There are three main characters...Donnie (husband and father), Laura (wife and mother), and Stasha (daughter). It is interesting to see how each character assumes the other family member is feeling/thinking a certain way. They base all of their feelings on assumptions. And this obviously creates a lot of misunderstanding and angst. There are other minor characters in the book but they manage to contribute to the emotional upheaval in the lives of the Dunns. I hope as people read this book, if they see themself, they will grasp what actions and feelings and assumptions they need to sit back and take a long look at and what needs to be changed. But in the end, have things gone on so long that the relationships are irreparable? What would it take to heal the rift in the marriages?