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Title: Tangled Lives

Author: Hilary Boyd

Narrator: Maggie Mash

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-06-16

Publisher: Quercus

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

From the best-selling author of Thursdays in the Park comes a tense, emotional drama about what happens to a family when a secret is kept hidden and a stranger is suddenly introduced into the dynamic.

Annie Delancey is happily married, in her early 50s, with three grown children. But Annie guards a secret. At age 19 she had a baby boy and gave him up for adoption. She still thinks of him every day.

One day she receives a letter from Kent Social Services; her son, Daniel, wants to make contact. A part of her is overjoyed - she longs to meet him. But another part fears what this revelation will do to her family, none of who know about her past.

When Daniel is introduced to Annie's family, a few small tears in the family fabric suddenly gape wide, and the impact is greater than she could have ever imagined.

Critic Reviews:

"Poignant, well observed and wonderfully written." (Closer Magazine)

"Heartbreaking...a very human story about the complications arising from keeping secrets in family life." (Image Magazine)

"This well-observed tale of family life is told with warmth and sprinkled with a dash of humor." (Candis)

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

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How difficult is it to hold a secret you want to tell?

Annie Delancey has a wonderful husband, her children have grown into amazing people, relations with her mother are stable, but Annie has a terrible secret that is about to be revealed to mixed reviews. Annie had a one night relationship that led to a son she gave up for adoption which only her mother and husband are aware of until her son; Daniel wants to be a part of her life.

When the confession comes forth the reaction is mixed and the more integrated Daniel becomes in their lives the more combative Annieâs relationships become with her second son and then her husband. Everyone sees Daniel as an interloper into what they considered the perfect family life, but facing the fact that no one is leading a golden life comes with consequences. Annieâs husband grows distant, her children critical, and her mother even more remote. To reconcile that the life and love she has for the family she adores who are now jealous of a son from the past makes no sense. Annie is a mother to all of her children and will not have Daniel pushed out regardless of how much it takes out of her to keep him in.

When a scandal blows up and the sudden death of a family member come tumbling down on her shoulders Annie shows what she is made of, and even when the past has to be confronted nothing will stop her from mending hearts and fulfilling everyoneâs needs.

Slice of life

3.5 stars

Annie Delancey has the perfect life. A successful business she built from the ground up doing something she loves, a supportive and loving husband, and three children navigating young adulthood. When she receives a letter from Kent Social Services her perfect life will be challenged by a secret sheâs kept from her children; thirty-five years ago an unwed Annie gave her first born son up for adoption.

Annie told her husband, Richard, about Daniel prior to their marriage but the time had never seemed right to tell her children, Ed, Marsha, and Lucy. Now Daniel wants to connect with his birth mother leaving Annie no choice but to reveal her past to her children. After all, not a day has gone by that she hasnât thought of him, wondered what he was like, if sheâd done the right thing and had his adoptive parents loved him.