‘THINGS I NEVER TOLD YOU’: Emotional Story of Family and Heartbreak

STORY: Ten years ago, Payton Thatcher’s world fell apart. Ten years later, Payton is guarding a secret no one but her knows. In those ten years, Payton’s life has moved forward, but emotionally, her world is on hold. This has placed a strain on the relationship she has with her sisters, Jillian and Johanna, and though she likes her work as co-owner of a party planning business, it falls short of the dreams she once had. things I never told you

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‘THINGS I NEVER TOLD YOU’: Emotional Story of Family and Heartbreak

Now as the ten year anniversary of her twin sister’s death approaches, the nightmares and sorrow creep up again, and Payton falls apart. Again. No one understands or is able to reach Payton until a face from her past unexpectedly reenters her life…

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To say this book is an emotional roller coaster would be an understatement. It’s that and then some. The story isn’t “easy” for readers nor would it have been for its author to pen. Inside these pages resides a story of grief and pain – and the joy of rediscovering who you are and reconnecting with those who care about you.

‘THINGS I NEVER TOLD YOU’: Emotional Story of Family and Heartbreak

Despite the informative synopsis, I didn’t realize the role “present” sorrow would play in this novel. I knew the grief from the past was going to be a layered story that would be emotional. Imagine my surprise when, early on in the novel, another blow is dealt to the Thatcher family. The POV switches from Jillian and Payton’s first-person narrative, which works well, but is also what makes the story so emotional in the “present.”

As her prior skill suggest, Beth weaves everything together with a deft and talented hand that leads straight to a conclusion that will deeply affect its reader. Though Things I Never Told You is a hard book for me to personally read (at this time), in no way does this hinder the realization this book is beautiful in a purposefully broken kind of way.

The first in her women’s fiction series, this story is nothing like Beth’s prior romantic-comedies. With its reflections of Little Women and poignant narrative, anyone wishing for novel with purpose and complicated ties to family will discover this inside these pages.

ABOUT the BOOK 

Author: Beth K. Vogt
Publisher: Tyndale
Publication Date: 2018
Series: Thatcher Sisters, Book 1
Genre: Fiction; Women’s Fiction, Contemporary
Source: Publisher provided – thank you, Tyndale!
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Rating: 3 ½ out of 5

Sincere thanks to the publisher for providing a copy of this book; all opinions are my own.

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