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    A Secret Word: A Novel
    A Secret Word: A Novel
    A Secret Word: A Novel
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    A Secret Word: A Novel

    By Jennifer Paddock

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    Jennifer Paddock's incandescent debut novel spans fifteen years in the lives of friends Leigh, Sarah, and Chandler, beginning one fateful day in high school that forever connects them. While Leigh remains stuck in dead-end jobs in their Arkansas hometown, the more privileged Sarah and Chandler move to Manhattan, where Sarah seeks acting fame and Chandler struggles to make sense of her failed relationships, only to be sent reeling by an unexpected tragedy.
    Sweeping from the Deep South to New York and interweaving each girl's distinctive voice into a seamless narrative, A Secret Word is a luminous story of friendship and family, sex and secrets, growing up and growing apart. It is about how well you can ever really know another person and the secrets we keep from our friends, our families, and, most important, ourselves.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTouchstone
    Release dateJun 18, 2008
    ISBN9781439105795
    A Secret Word: A Novel
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    Jennifer Paddock

    Jennifer Paddock is the author of A Secret Word. She lives in Point Clear, Alabama.

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      A story about three women linked by an event that happened while they were in high school. I found the story of one of them particularly compelling, the other two not so much. The connection between them was tenuous, really, and seemed a little contrived. A first novel -- I'd give her another chance.

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